Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc (FMN) has announced the 2026 edition of its annual Prize for Innovation, inviting Nigerian entrepreneurs and students to submit practical solutions aimed at improving cassava production and processing across the country. The initiative, designed to promote sustainable food systems, targets innovations that can strengthen Nigeria’s agricultural value chain, enhance productivity, […]

ActionAid Nigeria has trained over 135,000 smallholder farmers and young people—most of them women—in climate-smart and agroecological farming practices across multiple states, as part of efforts to build resilience and strengthen inclusive food systems. The programme, implemented under the Strategic Partnerships for Agroecology and Climate Justice in West Africa (SPAC), focuses on promoting sustainable farming

Women account for a significant majority of Nigeria’s subsistence farming population, highlighting their central role in the country’s food production system. This was disclosed by Shakin Agbayewa, Deputy Chairman of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) in Lagos. Speaking in an interview, Agbayewa stated that women make up about 80% of subsistence farmers in

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

The United States has expanded its agricultural trade support through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Export Credit Guarantee Program, known as GSM-102, a facility designed to strengthen financing for agricultural imports and improve trade flows between both countries. The programme provides U.S. government-backed credit guarantees that enable Nigerian banks and importers to more easily access