“With good incentives, youths will be attracted to farming and other agribusiness variants capable of giving the nation’s economy an edge in the global market.”
“The state consequently approved the procurement and distribution of 13,000 bags of fertilisers to farmers,” he said.
UN deputy secretary general Amina Mohammed has called for sustainable investments to build food sovereignty in Africa.
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UN secretary general António Guterres has called on the Russian Federation to return to implementing the Black Sea Grain Initiative along the lines of his proposals.
Vice-President Kashim Shettima says Nigeria has mobilised over $500 million in innovative, profitable, equitable and sustainable food system transformation initiatives.
“Some criminals have turned the forests into their hideouts where they waylay, ambush, and kidnap farmers, timber operators and other innocent citizens.”
He said that women played a pivotal role in agricultural integration, which could make it possible for the country to achieve ‘zero hunger’.
He said insecurity prevented farmers from going to the farm, adding that farmers needed a sense of security alongside other requirements to boost farming.
Yobe has begun the vaccination of cattle and other livestock against anthrax in four local government areas bordering the Niger Republic.
The federal government and the United Nations have called for a holistic approach to achieving a sustainable food chain in Nigeria.
