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Nigeria’s agricultural sector continues to face deep structural challenges that prevent farmers from fully benefiting from their hard work. According to leaders within the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), the growing dominance of middlemen, poor market coordination, weak policies, and limited access to infrastructure are contributing significantly to rising food prices and worsening conditions […]

Food security has become one of the most urgent issues facing Nigeria today, not only because of rising hunger and food prices, but because it is directly tied to economic stability, national security and social development. Increasing evidence continues to show that agriculture remains one of the strongest contributors to Nigeria’s economy, meaning that any

The Federal Government has unveiled plans to convert Nigeria’s correctional centres into productive agricultural and agribusiness hubs as part of broader reforms aimed at rehabilitation, economic empowerment, and food security. The initiative, which relies heavily on public-private partnerships (PPPs), represents a major shift from the traditional prison system toward a model focused on skills acquisition,

Nigeria has intensified efforts to improve agricultural data collection and market transparency following the handover of the Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI) system by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD). The digital platform, developed under the Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS), is designed to modernize

As Nigeria’s population continues to grow rapidly, pressure on the country’s food system is intensifying. With more than 221 million people and increasing demand for food, the agricultural sector faces mounting challenges ranging from poor seed quality and labour shortages to climate variability and shrinking farmland due to urbanization. Amid these pressures, artificial intelligence (AI)

Nigeria’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, in partnership with the International Soil Reference Information Center (ISRIC) and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), has launched a strategic push to modernize agriculture through soil data systems aimed at improving productivity, efficiency, and food security. The initiative was discussed at the Nigeria Soil Information System