agriculture

Zelensky Calls For Russia's Expulsion From UN Agency

Zelenskyy Calls For Russia’s Expulsion From UN Food Agency

June 10, 2022 4:20 am

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on world leaders to expel Russia from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, blaming Moscow for spurring the global grain crisis by invading his country.

‘There can’t be any discussion on prolonging Russia’s membership in the FAO,’ Zelenskyy told delegates at a Paris meeting of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) by video link on Thursday.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the FAO which is active in 130 countries worldwide, has the mission to ‘achieve food security for all’.

‘What is there for Russia to do (in the …

Senate

Orji Kalu Lectures Senate, FG On Agriculture

November 16, 2019 9:18 am

Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has called on the Federal Government to focus on the establishment of processing mini – industries in every state of the Federation to boost the Agricultural Sector of the economy.

The former Governor expressed that the mini – industries would ensure that cash crops like cashew, groundnut etc were processed into products thus creating a value chain for export and employment in the Agricultural sector.

Senator Kalu (Abia-North) who is also the Vice-chairman of the Senate committee Banking, Insurance, and other financial institutions, commended the Federal Government’s efforts in building Silos …

AfDB sets aside $25bn for Agriculture in Africa

AfDB sets aside $25bn for Agriculture in Africa

August 29, 2019 1:37 pm

The African Development Bank (AfDB), says it is currently investing 25 billion dollars to help make agriculture and agribusiness Africa’s biggest industry.

The statement by the bank’s Communication and External Relations Department on Thursday, said the AfDB’s president, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina made the disclosure at the ongoing Tokyo International Conference of African Development (TICAD) in Japan.

Adesina said the reason was not far-fetched and predicted that the size of food and agriculture would rise to one trillion dollars by 2030.

According to him, a lot of progress has been made in this renewed drive to transform agriculture on the continent.…

Commercial agriculture: Gov. Wike seeks partnership with EU

Commercial agriculture: Gov. Wike seeks partnership with EU

June 19, 2019 1:34 am

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has called on countries of the European Union (EU) to partner the state government to develop commercial agricultural to create jobs.

Wike also called on the EU countries to partner the government to improve its capital waste disposal system.

He spoke on Tuesday at a forum of the European Union Heads of Missions in Abuja, in a presentation titled: “Understanding current political and security situation in Rivers State in particular and Niger Delta region in general”.

The governor said: “We will continue to solicit for targeted development interventions in Rivers State from the European Union …

Nigerian youths’ strategies to revolutionise agriculture

June 12, 2019 1:11 am

Youth Advocates Nigeria (YAN) has begun an aggressive move towards revolutionising agriculture in the country by removing the stigma of poverty associated with it. The visionary group of young professionals led by Aina Tolulope, an Agricultural Economics graduate of the University of Ibadan, converged in Ibadan, Oyo State, at the weekend, for a seminar on how to collaborate, synergise and harness the available resources in the agriculture sector, locally, nationally and internationally, to take the youth away from the dense labour market.

YAN comprises enterprising farmers on fish, maize, lettuce, cassava among others.Entrepreneurs who gave motivational talks at the seminar …

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