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‘Food crisis may worsen without urgent investment’
04 May 2025 06:47 GMT
… across rural farming communities and export markets, Oke emphasised that short … short in addressing Nigeria’s food crisis.
Speaking further, Oke proposed a …
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How import waivers are crippling local rice mills
07 May 2025 05:45 GMT
… over the federal government’s import duty waiver on rice, … commodities to mitigate the worsening food crisis.
SPONSOR AD The policy, … 2024, was intended to waive import duties on essential food items … given to some marketers to import finished rice from India …
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Feeding the Future: How NASENI’s Irrigation Revolution Aims to End Nigeria’s Food Crisis
07 Apr 2025 02:14 GMT
As Nigeria grapples with rising hunger, food insecurity, and the impacts of climate change, a bold new initiative is setting the stage for an agricultural transformation. The Irrigate Nigeria Project (INP), launched by the National Agency for Science and …
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Nigeria, AfDB flag off $538m SAPZ project to tackle $4.9b food crisis
07 Apr 2025 02:09 GMT
• Kaduna, Cross River lead as Phase 1 kicks off
Federal Government, in collaboration with the African Development Bank (AfDB), has flagged off the implementation of the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) initiative, with Kaduna and Cross River …
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Indian rice trade want export price to Bangladesh raised
22 Apr 2025 05:44 GMT
… to be import rice cheaper from India and export special or … and exporters should revisit their export rice pricing strategy to … the shipments. These include minimum export price ($1.6… 2023 when the country faced food crisis due to weather challenges, …
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Regional and global security challenges at the top of the agenda during NATO PA seminar in Antalya
08 May 2025 20:44 GMT
… over half of East–West global trade.
Food security remains a critical … 28 countries facing an emergency food crisis following Russia’s full-scale … , highlighted that Ukraine continues to export 45 million tons of grain …
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Understanding the global trade tariff war through Indian perspective
04 Mar 2025 12:14 GMT
… WTO, at the same time, a regionalization of world trade … with ASEAN, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), Mercosur (Argentina … India’s approach to global trade.
Conclusion
The foregoing … Global South.
The heightening food crisis because of the war …
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McDonald's, KFC and Burger King could face food crisis with impending shortage, experts warn
15 Feb 2025 23:51 GMT
Fast food burgers could be left wilting due to a shortage of lettuces, tomatoes, onions and pickles.
Many chains including KFC, Burger King and McDonald's import the fruit and veg for their toppings from Spain and Holland during the winter months.
But …
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Ghana’s Seed Sector at a Crossroads: Calls for Policy Overhaul to Avert Food Crisis
30 Jan 2025 13:53 GMT
Ghana’s seed industry, a linchpin for agricultural sustainability and food security, is teetering on the brink of collapse, warns the National Seed Trade Association of Ghana (NaSTAG).
With a potential market value exceeding $500 million, the sector …
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Tinubu urged to fund CBN-trained farmers to avert food crisis
18 Jan 2025 09:07 GMT
… capacity to feed itself and export surplus food to Africa … farmers has worsened the current food crisis, noting that food prices … Hunger warned about this looming food crisis years ago. Unfortunately, our … produce surplus food for export to Africa and Europe …