Tag: Food security
Former President Jonathan tasks African leaders on food security, urges AU...
WED SEPT 04 2024-theGBJournal| Former President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has advised African leaders to prioritise innovation and technology as a means of achieving...
Food insecure Nigerians have risen from 28 million pre-COVID to over...
...During the COVID-19 pandemic, food insecure Nigerians rose from 28 million to 36.5 million by June 2020. This was driven by the shock of...
$4 trillion is new annual financial target to SDGs, says African...
...Adesina also spotlighted the African Development Bank’s strategic High 5 program as a cornerstone for progress, as underscored by an independent analysis by the...
Borno State Governor, Zulum seeks collaboration with FG to revive irrigation...
WED APRIL 24 2024-theGBJournal|Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, visited the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Professor Joseph Utsev, at the ministry’s headquarters...
AfDB approves $50 million loan to boost food security in Yobe...
...Yobe State Government will contribute $4.52 million in counterpart funding, and project beneficiaries are contributing $16.82 million
TUE, MAR 26 2024-theGBJournal| The Board of Directors...
British International Investment extends a $100 million finance facility to the...
...Facility will provide financial support to businesses and financial institutions to increase trade finance activities in Africa.
...Better access to trade finance will support the...
CBN allocates 2.15 million bags of fertiliser worth N100 billion to...
WED, MAR 13 2024-theGBJournal| The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday announced the allocation of 2.15 million bags of fertiliser, valued at over...
FG gives update on efforts to ramp up food supply in...
...The grains in seven locations of strategic reserve, are now being bagged for onward delivery to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).
...Nigerians will not...
Borno State Governor, Zulum plans subsidised petrol for farmers to boost...
...The move allows Zulum to key into President Tinubu's agricultural agenda of achieving food sufficiency through enhanced agricultural activities
...The government will identify two fueling...
2024 Outlook| Agric sector to remain under pressure in 2024FY
...Growth forecast to settle at +2.16% y/y in 2024FY
WED, DEC 27 2023-theGBJournal|After the rebound from the negative growth induced by the Central Bank of...
