“It would also help Africa to achieve food security through private sector intervention.”
“Some of the problems we are facing are also man-made. Hoarding, for instance, and speculative trade by commodity traders are also very huge,” said the agriculture minister.
The cleric said the country needs drastic changes in its agricultural policy to address food insecurity.
Mrs Gummi said that the conditions of livelihoods of most smallholder women farmers were deteriorating.
“The sea in Senegal is dead. That’s because Macky Sall sold all of Senegal’s waters,” said Mr Ndour.
NRCRI says it has developed a new biotechnology potato with the capacity to increase yield per hectare by 300 per cent.
Governor Nasir Idris has begun the distribution of over 200 trucks of assorted grains to residents as Ramadan palliatives.
The federal government has revealed it will receive 500 tractors assembled by the John Deere Group to improve mechanised farming.
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According to the parliament, this specifically concerns eggs, poultry, sugar, maize, oats, groats, and honey.
According to data from WFP, the level of food insecurity in the eastern Africa region has increased by 95 per cent compared to November 2019.
