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Championing agriculture and food quality: How Honeywell is feeding ambitions in Nigeria

Nigerians are at risk of food insecurity and malnutrition in 2021. Ironically, Nigeria’s potential for food production is enormous. The National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) reported that 84 million hectares of arable land are available for farming in the country but only 40% has been cultivated. Despite these potentials, food is one of the largest import commodities in Nigeria with an estimated spend of about $5 billion on an annual basis (Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD). As effort to diversify the country’s economy from oil propels the nation to relook agriculture, lack of investment in local production as well as dependence on food importation have proven to be significant impending factors in expanding the agricultural sector. Yet local agricultural productivity remains a “principal approach to solving the problem of long-term food insecurity”, says FOA.

We re on mission to increase capacity in wheat production — Nanono

We’re on mission to increase capacity in wheat production Nanono On By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja As Nigeria seeks ways to be self-sufficient in essential agricultural commodities, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Muhammad Nanono, weekend, disclosed mission to increase capacity in wheat production. This was contained in a statement signed by Director, Information, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Theodore Ogaziechi, where the Nanono maintained that government is determined to reduce wheat importation, enhance food security and nutrition, conserve scarce foreign exchange and create jobs for Nigerians. He also said with the interest indicated by one of the leading flour mills in the country, Crown Flour Mill (OLAM Grains) during a courtesy visit paid him at his office in Abuja by delegation of the company led by the Corporate Affairs Manager, Damilola Adeniyi, to partner with the Ministry to expand the production capacity of wheat in Niger

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