Deputy Governor Cecilia Ezeilo disclosed this during a two-day World Bank ninth implementation support mission held in Enugu on Tuesday.
Across Nigeria, there’s been an increase in the prices of foodstuffs as Christmas approaches.
No less than 2,000 members of the Kebbi State Fishermen Cooperative Union will benefit from the loan package.
Timothy Faleye appeared before the Ota Magistrates’ Court, Ogun, over death threats, encroaching into community farmland and destroying crops worth N1.8 million.
Earlier in the week, the Foundation announced a $1.4 billion support to Africa, including Nigeria.
Hawkers with no fixed addresses sell agro-chemicals to unsuspecting farmers in the state, especially in the rural areas.
Governor David Umahi plans to make multimillionaires out of 10,000 youths in Ebonyi through agricultural engagements.
The Small Scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria (SWOFON) has called on the federal and state governments to provide more grants to farmers to boost food production and end hunger.
President Muhammadu Buhari has called for urgent climate actions to tackle the effects of climate change in Africa.
UN agencies and partners on Monday called for greater support to prevent famine in the Horn of Africa, the region home to Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia.
