Nigeria, Africa’s largest buyer of wheat, is partnering with food company Olam International Ltd. to develop seed varieties of the grain that are suitable for its climate, which will boost local ...

About 688,793 metric tonnes of bulk wheat have been scheduled for imports and to be supplied to food markets across the country by the end of October 2024. This significant influx of wheat is ...

Climate, violence affect Nigeria’s wheat. July 23, 2023 at 2:12 a.m. by TAIWO ADEBAYO The Associated Press ...

07/22/2022 July 22, 2022. As war in Ukraine strangles global wheat supplies and extreme weather hits harvests, hardy and climate-resilient wild and ancient grains could bring greater food security.

The minister also said Nigeria is not at risk of food scarcity. He made this disclosure during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday in Abuja.

Food prices ... I know wheat is difficult to grow. Rabiu: Wheat is difficult to grow but we are also into sugar and we’re building the most advanced sugar plantation in Nigeria.

Nigeria’s importation of food and agricultural products from the US only averaged $537 million in the last five years, with about 70 per cent of that wheat. In 2020, Nigeria imported 1.29 ...

Wheat normally requires heat, but in the last three years, farmers in Nigeria’s far north, part of Africa’s Sahel region that largely produces the country’s homegrown food, have seen an ...

Nigeria plans to suspend taxes on certain food imports including wheat and maize for 150-days, and recommend a retail price to try to bring under control rising prices in Africa's most populous ...

He stated that President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda was aimed at making sure that Nigeria increases food production from next month with wheat farming coming up in the dry season.

About 688,793 metric tonnes of bulk wheat have been scheduled for imports and to be supplied to food markets across the country by the end of October 2024. This significant influx of wheat is ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Abubakar Salisu was terrified when he discovered arid sand in the middle of his farmland, rendering a broad strip unfit for crops. Now, extreme heat is killing his wheat ...