The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations said it planned to install 100 Farmer Field School communities in 2018 in the North-East to boost agricultural production. The UN agency also said it urgently needed about $18m to meet the needs of agro-based households in the crisis-ridden northeast. In a statement on Thursday, the […]
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The world’s cereal production is headed for a bumper 2017, with total output on track for a record, the United Nation’s food agency said Thursday. The increase will not, however, automatically alleviate world hunger, as conflicts and weather disasters continue to threaten food security in many regions, the Food and Agriculture Organisation said in a […]
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National Cashew Association of Nigeria, NCAN, has warned that unless something urgent was done to address the leadership crisis rocking the association, the Federal Government’s $7 billion cashew export target annually would be derailed. Addressing newsmen in Abuja, Vice President of NCAN, East Zone, comprising cashew-producing states in the South-East and South-South states, Mr. Chuks […]
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