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‎From Satellites to Soil: How NASRDA Backs Tinubu’s Food Vision

By The Insight Team July 8, 2025 585

Daniel Adaji ‎ ‎ ‎In a quiet, wood-paneled conference hall at Hawthorn Suites in Abuja, scientists, policymakers, and agricultural experts from across West Africa gathered, not just for another workshop, but for what could be a turning point in the region’s fight against hunger. ‎ ‎At the heart of this moment stood the National Continue Reading

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1,500 Farmers Set to Benefit from NADF’s N1.5bn Agric Scheme

By The Insight Team June 25, 2025 542

The National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF) has launched a N1.5bn pilot programme in partnership with Flour Mills of Nigeria (FMN) and Nova Merchant Bank to boost food production by supporting 1,500 smallholder farmers in Kaduna State. The initiative, flagged off at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, is the first deployment under NADF’s National […]Continue Reading

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RAAMP: All Procurement Must Follow World Bank Regulations, Says Official

By The Insight Team June 20, 2025 818

All procurement activities under World Bank-financed projects in Nigeria, including the Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP), must strictly adhere to World Bank Procurement Regulations, a senior official has stated. Barbara Ziolkowska, Senior Procurement Specialist at the World Bank, emphasised that “all procurements under WB financed investment Continue Reading

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NADF, GIZ Commit to Gender-Inclusive, Climate-Smart Agriculture

By The Insight Team May 28, 2025 801

The National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF) and the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) have reaffirmed their commitment to transforming Nigeria’s agriculture through gender-inclusive and climate-smart financing models. At the Validation Workshop on Climate-Smart & Gender-Inclusive Financing held in Abuja on Wednesday, key stakeholders gathered to Continue Reading

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Silo maintenance, storage cost Nigeria N2.5bn in 12 months

By The Insight Team February 14, 2025 2597 0

By Emmanuel Kwada The Federal Government of Nigeria spent N2,534,863,003.11 on silo maintenance, storage, and procurement between 2023 and 2024, according to records obtained by The Insight from BudgIT’s accountability platform, GovSpend, on Friday. This sum was allocated to various contractors and service providers across multiple states for the rehabilitation, Continue Reading

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Governor Bago and Taking Niger’s Green Economy Agenda Serious

By The Insight Team September 22, 2024 932 0

By Aliyu Umar Aliyu   The Niger State Government, under the charismatic, visionary and pragmatic leadership of Rt. Hon. Mohammed Umaru Bago, “The Farmer Governor”, last year launched an ambitious green initiative, aimed at revolutionising the state’s agricultural sector.   But the recent establishment of the Niger State Green Initiative Agency Continue Reading

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Russia invasion of Ukraine threatens food security in Nigeria

By The Insight Team May 27, 2022 1256 0

By Theophilus Abbah & Daniel Adaji In December 2021, the price of family size Grand loaf, one of the popular bread in Abuja, Nigeria, was N600 ($1.43). As of April 2022, the price jumped to N850 ($2.02), an increase of about 41 per cent. The reason for this rise is not related to domestic economic […]Continue Reading