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Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Agriculture

May 27, 2026

Alerts issued to farmers on new deadly cassava mosaic virus

The demonstration plots, WAVE said, were meant to boost cassava productivity and improve disease management in the regions.

cassava
May 26, 2026

CSOs demand transparency on food system financing at AfDB annual meetings in Congo

They warned that financing models lacking proper environmental and social safeguards pose an enormous risk to Africa’s ecological and public health.

AfDB
May 22, 2026
Courtroom
May 20, 2026

Anambra to support industrial agriculture, inaugurates tuber processing plant

According to him, the establishment of the plant would eliminate incidents of post-harvest losses. 

Gov Chukwuma Soludo (Credit: Instagram)
May 20, 2026

Onion association secures N2 billion support for farmers in four states

The National Onion Producers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria says it facilitated a N1.6 billion input support package for farmers in Sokoto, Kebbi, Borno and Yobe.

National Onion Producers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria
May 20, 2026

Agribusiness: IFAD, FG train 697 young farmers in Ondo

The youths were trained in their various centres in their chosen enterprises like cassava, cocoa, fishery and poultry farmers.

IFAD, FG train 697 young farmers
May 20, 2026

Arms race will make Americans vulnerable to nuclear attack, kill 1.4 billion people: Report

The report said nuclear firestorms could inject massive amounts of soot into the atmosphere, lowering global temperatures and triggering a famine that could kill a billion people.

Infograph of global nuclear warheads
May 14, 2026

Aquaculture experts urge fish farmers to curb middlemen’s price control

Bashir Amin, an aquaculture expert and fish monger, said farmers should focus less on blaming middlemen and more on improving their marketing systems.

Fish farming
May 13, 2026

Türkiye has no food security problem, says Erdogan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Türkiye has no food security concerns despite ongoing regional tensions and conflicts.

Erdoğan
May 13, 2026

Police lament rising deforestation in Jigawa

The police commissioner in Jigawa, Haruna Yahaya, has expressed concern over the spate of deforestation caused by indiscriminate tree felling.

Jigawa State CP Haruna Yahaya