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  • Adesina’s World Food Prize: Honour well deserved

    Adesina’s World Food Prize: Honour well deserved

    The piece of heart-warming news that our own Dr. Akinwumi Adesina,  President, African Development Bank (AfDB) and former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development under President Goodluck Jonathan has been named the 2017 World Food Prize Laureate could not have come at a better time. With Nigeria experiencing a turbulent econo-political period the award comes as a breath of fresh air. What makes it more cheering is the fact that it is a well deserved laurel for a distinguished Nigerian. Adesina  epitomises a bright beacon of hope in our long, dark tunnel of ignorance, poverty, apathy and self-inflicted woes.

    As one of his consistent admirers over the years, the focus is on the lasting lessons we all could glean from him on professionalism, pragmatic leadership, selfless service, patriotism and can-do it spirit. It would be recalled that back in 2008 when yours truly was the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of Strata Media  Organisation,  Adesina granted our rich and colourfulFoodbusiness International Magazine, a two-page, pull-out interview. It was through the Assistant Editor, Lanre Agboola. The then editor, ZebAgomuo was thrilled. In fact, that incisive interview not only sold out the Vol.1,No7 Edition but got the members of staff academically enriched and thoroughly inspired. Adesina was then the Vice President (Policy and Partnerships), Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA).

    He used that opportunity to canvass subsidy for African farmers. Said he: “ When I say smart subsidies, I mean the private sector has to distribute the inputs, the government supports the farmers together. We also have to make sure it is a targeted subsidy” that would benefit the poor farmers. “The government has to make sure that the farmers are provided with proper extension services, to be very efficient.” What made him sad was when “ I see so many graduates of agriculture all across Africa roaming the streets, looking for jobs. It is a bizarre thing”.

    Good enough, he walked the talk when he eventually became the Minister of agriculture. As aptly captured by Kenneth Quinn, the President, the World Food Prize, the Hall of Laureates, described Adesina as “someone who grew out of poverty, but whose life mission is to lift up millions of people out of poverty’’. Inspiring, is it not? Of course, it is.

    These are reflected in his breakthrough achievements all through his career. The list is long but let us have a taste of the pudding. For instance, as the Vice President of AGRA he introduced initiatives to exponentially increase the availability of credit for smallholder farmers across the African continent. Not done, he galvanised the political will to transform African agriculture. Back  in 2006, as the Associate Director for Food Security at the Rockefeller Foundation, Adesina played a critical leadership role in organising the Africa Fertiliser Summit in Abuja. That summit was described as absolutely essential in igniting the campaign to spread a new Green Revolution across Africa, which led to the creation of AGRA.

    Furthermore, as Minister of Agriculture in Nigeria, from 2011 to 2015 he successfully transformed the country’s agriculture sector through bold reforms. He it was who introduced the E-Wallet system which broke the back of the corrupt elements that had controlled the fertiliser distribution system for 40 years. In addition, was the creation of  programmes to make Nigeria self-sufficient in rice production, as well as to make cassava become a major cash crop. The related value chain he clamoured for saw the input of 20 per cent cassava flour to 80 per cent wheat flour in the making of composite bread. Also, the ‘Nagroprenuers’ scheme he introduced made way for the training of  750,000 young graduates in commercial farming.

    As Quinn rightly noted the reforms he implemented increased food production by 21 million metric tonnes and attracted 5.6 billion dollars in private sector investments. This earned him the reputation as the ‘Farmer’s Minister’.” Incidentally, Adesina has become the first person from the agriculture sector to ever lead a regional development bank. His receiving the World Food Nobel Laureate Prize “would give impetus in the coming decade to his profound vision”. Adesina is also the 46th person and the sixth African to win the World Food Prize. Are we not immensely proud of him? Yes, we are!

    That explains the presence of  the former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Nigeria’s Acting Ambassador to the U.S. and Chargé d ‘ Affaires, Ambassador Hakeem Balogun to savour the momentous occasion. Note that they were not there as Igbo, Yoruba or whatever but as proud Nigerians to identify with a son of the soil, holding the green-white-flag of unity and progress, peace and prosperity for the whole world to see. That is another lesson for us all.

    In retrospect, Adesina’s sterling achievements as the Minister of Agriculture was one issue that stood former President Jonathan in good stead. Adesina won the prestigious Forbes Magazine Africa Man–of- the-Year Award. And in 2015 the country won an award from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) for achieving one of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on halving the number of hungry people in the country by 2015. That was during the two-day summit by Rockefeller Foundation with the theme: ‘Realising the potential of African agriculture’.

    Unfortunately, the bitter truth is that Nigerians are hungrier now than they were in 2015. The lesson here is for us to stop politicising sensitive and critical issues on good governance. What would have happened if Adesina’s vibrant and virile vision for the agriculture sector had been sustained till now? Your answer is as good as mine.

  • Oyo govt urges schools food vendors to resume work

    The Oyo State government has appealed to striking food vendors engaged for Federal Government’s primary school feeding programme in the state to resume work.

    It said government will clear all the outstanding arrears this week.

    There are about 1,000 food vendors across the state cooking for primary schools.

    They have withdrawn their services as the Federal Government failed to pay over three weeks’ arrears owed them.

    Commissioner for Education, Prof Joseph Adeniyi Olowofela, who spoke with The Nation yesterday on the development.

    The commissioner assured the food vendors of government’s commitment to the programme.

    He blamed the non-payment on logistics problem.

    Olowofela said: “I can assure you that their accounts will be credited before tomorrow. The state government, immediately the matter was brought to its notice, held a meeting with the food vendors after consulting Federal Government’s officials in charge of the programme and we have gotten the assurance that their accounts will be credited anytime from now.”

    The food vendors in the 33 local government areas have stopped giving meals to primary school pupils in the past four weeks.

    They said they have been using their personal funds to provide meals for the pupils.

    In a show of appreciation, scores of the food vendors yesterday converged on the governor’s office, Secretariat Complex, Ibadan, to thank the state governor Abiola Ajimobi for his quick intervention in the matter.

    One of the food vendors from Oyo town, who spoke in confidence, said: “We have been using our money to feed the children in the past four weeks without pay. Now that we don’t have any money to continue feeding the pupils, we have to stop cooking because there is no money to buy food items anymore.”

  • Germany donates €25.5m to WFP’s emergency response

    Germany donates €25.5m to WFP’s emergency response

    Germany has contributed €25.5 million (US$28.5 million) to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to assist more than 730,000 hungry people in the four-nation Lake Chad Basin region battling the devastating Boko Haram insurgency, among other shocks.

    According to a statement by WFP, the contribution supports its activities in Nigeria (€10.5 million), Cameroon (€5.6 million), Chad (€4.7 million) and Niger (€4.7 million).

    The funds WFP noted are especially timely, as the imminent lean season – the period between harvests – is depleting people’s resources and intensifying hunger and malnutrition.

    More broadly, this support illustrates Germany’s generous and continuing response to the UN’s call for global, immediate action to address the Lake Chad Basin emergency, Africa’s largest humanitarian crisis. Northeast Nigeria, receiving the biggest share of assistance, risks tipping into famine.

    “When I travelled to the Lake Chad Basin recently, I found a critical humanitarian situation,” said Hinrich Thölken, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany to the International Organizations in Rome. “A huge number of internally displaced people are in urgent need of food assistance, and WFP is well-placed to deliver quick and effective relief. We are happy to give additional support so WFP can do so.”

    The German contribution will support WFP’s food and cash-based assistance to more than 680,000 internally displaced people and refugees in the four countries. It will also benefit 17,000 young pupils in Niger and Cameroon who are enrolled in WFP’s emergency school meals programme. In addition, it will allow 40,000 children under five to receive special fortified foods that fight malnutrition.

    “At a time when WFP faces a sizeable funding shortfall in our emergency response across the Lake Chad Basin region, Germany’s contribution is extremely welcome news,” said Abdou Dieng, head of WFP’s Regional Bureau for West and Central Africa. “It will help us reach thousands of the most vulnerable at a time when hunger is increasing with the approaching lean season, when people’s stocks are running out before the next harvest.”

    Germany, which has consistently remained a key supporter of WFP operations globally, became its second largest donor in 2016.  Through their enormous generosity, the people and government of Germany have helped to save lives in many crises, including operations in Syria, as well as to refugees in neighbouring countries, where millions of people rely on WFP assistance every day.

    WFP is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide, delivering food assistance in emergencies and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience. Each year, WFP assists some 80 million people in around 80 countries.

  • ‘UN food for Northeast not hijacked’

    ‘UN food for Northeast not hijacked’

    The United Nations World Food Programme yesterday denied reports in some online media that its food supply meant for Damboa in Borno State was “hijacked.”

    In a statement yesterday, the World Food Programme (WFP) described the report as “totally inaccurate.”

    The statement said: “All WFP food dispatched in Nigeria over the past week arrived safely at destinations without incident.

    “No WFP convoy was on the road to Damboa when the incident allegedly took place.

    “The WFP takes every precaution to ensure that all food is delivered safely and intact to hungry people who need it the most.

    “This includes strictly following and complying with all necessary security protocols for dispatching food convoys in high risk areas such as Damboa.

    “The WFP would of course condemn any diversion of humanitarian assistance.”

  • Boko Haram did not hijack IDPs’ food

    Boko Haram did not hijack IDPs’ food

    The World Food Programme (WFP) has denied that food items meant for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) were hijacked by Boko Haram insurgents.
    The statement by the agency reads: ” The United Nations World Food Programme strongly denies reports in The Cable and other media alleging Boko Haram ‘hijacked’ bags of WFP rice en route to an IDP camp in Damboa (Borno State) last week (Friday, May 26). The reports are totally inaccurate. All WFP food dispatched in Nigeria over the past week arrived safely at its destinations without incident. No WFP convoy was on the road to Damboa when the incident allegedly took place. WFP takes every precaution to ensure that all food is delivered safely and intact to hungry people who need it the most. This includes strictly following and complying with all necessary security protocols for dispatching food convoys in high risk areas such as Damboa. WFP would of course condemn any diversion of humanitarian assistance.”

  • Minister harps on quality food

    Health Minister Isaac Prof Adewole has sought the production of quality food, saying that anyone who eats good food will not need the use of drugs.

    Speaking at the opening of the Food West Africa exhibition conference organised by Informa Life Sciences Exhibitions in Victoria Island, Lagos, the minister called for safety food, adding that when food is not safe, it becomes poison to the body when eaten and would cause ill-health.

    Noting that Nigeria is not a stranger to food safety good governance, the minister represented by Mrs Modupe Chukwuma, the Director of Food and Drug Services in the Federal Ministry of Health, agreed that a food safety system was expensive to maintain and that the government could not do it alone. He called for support from the private sector to promote a food safety culture.

    Also, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Acting Director-General representative at the event, Mr Abimbola Adeboye, urged Nigerians to join hands in ensuring that foods are safe for consumption. He noted that the supply of safe food promotes food security and sustains development.

    Informa Exhibitions Life Sciences Group Africa Director Jamie Hill said of the 140 exhibitors at the event, 35 per cent was from Nigeria. He said the country’s food industry is the largest in West Africa, advising that there should a paradigm shift from oil and gas to the sector.

     

     

  • Pastors, imams begin campaign to reduce food prices

    As the month of Ramadan approaches, 20 Muslim and Christian clerics have begun a campaign in markets across the northern states to appeal to traders to reduce food prices.

    The clergymen, working under the aegis of Peace Revival and Reconciliation Foundation, said they would visit markets, interact with traders and their leaders to halt the sharp rise in the prices, especially during Ramadan.

    “We have organised 10 pastors and 10 imams for the campaign and we will visit markets, interact with trader associations and individual traders in parts of the North.

    “It is to open talks with the traders, appeal to them and discuss the roles they will play toward reducing prices of goods and services during Ramadan,” Yohanna Buru, coordinator of the foundation, said in Kaduna.

    He said: “It was observed that every year, marketers take advantage of the holy month to extort the public.

    “This is not really good. God is angry with such traders, and as such there won’t be any God blessing from the money they make from such dirty gains.”

    NAN reports the foundation conducted a similar campaign in Kaduna State last year.

    Buru said the 20 clerics would pursue the assignment with zeal, to reach every part of the region.

    “The sharp increase in prices affects every citizen, whether Muslim, Christian or believers in traditional religion.

    “So, we must team up as Christians and Muslims to kick against extortion by traders.”

    He advised the government to come up with measures to halt increase in food prices.

    Buru urged philantropists to set up parallel markets to help the poor and force price reduction in local markets.

    Another clergyman, Malam Gambo Abdullahi, reminded traders the need to seek God’s blessings by being considerate in fixing prices, avoiding hoarding and racketeering.

  • ‘How to boost food production’

    ‘How to boost food production’

    What can the government do in times of weak growth and limited fiscal resources? It should come out with policies to revamp the economy and reduce poverty, participants at the just-concluded Feed Nigeria Summit have said.

    The event, with the theme: : “Feed Nigeria; To Feed Africa”, brought together business service providers, financial institutions, agribusinesses,farmers, development partners and top government officials.

    The participants said policies that could fast-track infrastructure investment, enhance flexibility in markets, and promote competition in the sector would ignite investment.

    Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN), Senior Business Analyst, Seyi Adedotun, stressed that policy priorities should include reforms to improve the quality of institutions, infrastructure, skills and adoption of new technology.

    He added, however, that states’ involvement in agricultural transformation was an important part of the economic future of Nigeria.

    According to him, states’ deliberate  ownership of national interventions such as Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA) and the Green Alternative: Agriculture Promotion Policy, 2016-2020, will boost productivity, raise farmer’s incomes, and promote broader economic growth.

    In Nigeria, he noted that land reform was a challenge and  incentives to encourage private sector investment were not there.

    Generally, he said states had roles to play in identifying challenges and proffering solutions to drive development in the zone.

    Much of the nation’s economic development, Adedotun added, would be hinged on industrialising agriculture and introducing land reform.

    On the role of regions, he explained that they have to play a major role in delivering food security, which involves offering incentives, among other forms of support.

    He said tht a vibrant, sustainable and resilient regional agriculture sector was vital for the nation’s economic future.

    Kano State Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources Dr. Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna stressed that removing the hurdles preventing farmers from accessing finance was one step that would help the sector to achieve competitiveness, potential and sustained economic progress.

    He said the agricultural loans for small-scale farmers seeking to grow their businesses were still regarded as high risk by banks, noting that Kano is focusing on private sector development, scaling up investments, and creating access to funding and commercial infrastructure.

    Gawuna reiterated the determination of the state to strengthen production system and facilitate access to markets for rice and wheat production among small and medium scale commercial farmers.

    To complement the Federal Government’s policy on rice production, he said the state was providing support for wheat and rice producers.

    Part of the effort, according to him, is being the coordinator and facilitator of seed producers, farmers, warehousing facilities and marketers.

    On the anchor borrowers programme, GAwuna lamented that the state’s debt portfolio stood at over N1 billion from the demand notice issued to it by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on loan default by rice farmers from the state.

    He said the state was ready to persecute affected farmers to compel them to repay the loans.

    Expressing displeasure with defaulters, the commissioner said the level of response was not encouraging. He said the farmers would be prosecuted for defaulting, adding that the farmers have to pay up the loan or face legal action.

    Anambra State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mechanisation, Processing & Export Mr. Afam Mbanefo said the state was working towards  increasing agricultural productivity and reducing unemployment.

    He said Anambra State government was ready to boost rice production and equip farmers with modern facilities to ensure sufficiency.

    Earlier, Chairman, AgroNigeria,  Edem Ekwo, explained that the Feed Nigeria Summit was convened with no other intention than to critically assess the challenges of Nigerian agriculture and proffer workable solution to them.

    According to him, the summit could not have come at any better time than now when the economies of the world are slumping and agriculture has come to a critical force as the cornerstone of Nigeria’s economic diversification policy.

    Chief Executive Officer (CEO) AgroNigeria Richard Mark-Mbaram,  and stakeholders at the summit expressed conviction that the Home Grown School Feeding Programme can serve as catalyst for accelerated increase in agricultural productivity.

    He said the summit was a well thought out solution oriented convocation, which centrally sought to underscore that Nigeria, by the sheer size of her population and economy, is the fulcrum of the agenda to feed Africa and must immediately be galvanised to better feed itself.

    Director,Songhai Centre, Prof Godfrey Nzamujo,  emphasised that agriculture should be seen as a serious business in any nation.  He then called on Nigerians to get involved in agriculture as it remains the roadmap to viable and sustainable development in Africa.

    He stated that if sustainable and integrated agriculture is embraced in Nigeria, it can become a catalyst that can turn Nigeria into zone for mass construction.

    Ogun State Commissioner for Agriculture, Adepeju Adebajo, said the summit was important because it had to do with agriculture, education, social intervention health and nutrition.

    Adebajo said the objective of the programme was to see how the HGSFP would be sustained, stressing that it was the reason why government functionaries, private sectors and agribusiness people gathered to ensure that the programme was sustainable.

    Calling for policy for sustainable growth and continuity of the various programmes in place by successive administrations, Adebajo said the energy around agriculture was the great need for sufficient funding.

    Added to this, she emphasisied: “It is very important that we have policies embedded in that programme to ensure that the federal government will be able to sustain it, especially in the area of funding.”

    She said the Ogun State has embraced and launched the programme, adding that the programme guarantees demand and once that is assured, it goes a long way in boosting the economy.

    She said the role of the government was to ensure that all enabling policies are put in place to help the farmers do basic operations such as access to land, inputs and the likes.

    She added that there are so many intervention programmes, but it was discovered that farmers were unaware of them, stressing that one of the roles of the ministry is to ensure that there is continuing dialogue so that farmers will be able to know where they can get inputs, financing and most importantly, engage the off-takers.

    Adebajo also stated further that the role of the ministry and the state is to continue to bridge the gap between the producers and off-takers to ensure that the value chain is not broken and ensure that the private sector sees the opportunities in the programme.

    The two-day gathering focuses on policy options that the government should consider adopting to ensure that Nigerians can be fed.

    The event featured panel discussions on opportunities in the agriculture sector, the importance of forming strategic partnerships to enhance agricultural productivity, risk-sharing agricultural lending, and alternative sources of financing for agribusiness.

    The event also featured an award presentations. The awardees included, Pillar of Agriculture-Chief Olusegun Obasanjo; Oba Adeyeye Eniìtàn Ògúnwùsì; All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) President, Arc. Kabir Ibrahim; Dr Kanayo Nwanze and Dr Victor Iyama.

    Achievers in Agriculture included: Mr. Kola Adeniji; Otunba Femi Oke; Managing Director, Erisco Foods Nigeria Limited, Chief Eric Umeofia; Dr. Mike Omotosho; Prof. Eustace Iyayi; Mr. Manir Umar;  S. D. Yakubu Atar; IAR, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and the late Dipo Famakinwa

    Agric Governors of the Year  were Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State and  Kebbi State  governor, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, while Anambra State Commissioner for Agriculture,  Mr. Afam Mbanefo  was named Agro-Commissioner of the Year. Ogun State was named  AgriBusiness Destination of the Year. Don Sola Adeniyi Bunmi was announced Agro-Ambassador of the Year while Managing Director, Fresh Direct Foods, Angel Adelaja was Nagropreneur of the Year, among other awards.

  • Attention MEN! These 3 Foods causes weak erection and chronic premature ejaculation

    Attention MEN! These 3 Foods causes weak erection and chronic premature ejaculation

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  • Poisonous cassava: NAFDAC to sensitise farmers, food outlets in Kogi, Ondo

    Poisonous cassava: NAFDAC to sensitise farmers, food outlets in Kogi, Ondo

    The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says arrangements are on to sensitise farmers in Kogi and Ondo on how to handle food chain from the farms to consumers’ table.

    The NAFDAC Director, Special Duties, Dr Abubakar Jimoh, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday, said operators of fast food outlets in both states would also be trained.

    NAN reports that the sensitisation is coming on the heels of the death of nine people after consuming “amala’’ meal made from poisonous cassava flour.
    The incident occurred in Ogaminana, Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi state in November, 2016.

    Jimoh explained that NAFDAC had carried out investigation into the incident with a view to addressing the problem.

    He added that some people also consumed poisonous beans in some places.

    Jimoh said the agency had taken statistics of farmers and operators of all food outlets in both states that would participate in a workshop to be organised by the agency.

    According to him, they will be trained on how to handle critical aspects of food chain from the farms to consumers’ table.

    “We shall train farmers on the best practices and the correct way of applying fertilisers, herbicides, pesticides and other chemicals for storage of their harvests.

    “We will also teach farmers how to dry their produce because they often spread them on the express way where such are exposed to contamination and it is hazardous to the health of members of the public.

    “Though, this is not part of the mandate of NAFDAC as we deal mainly with processed foods, but we cannot close our eyes in a matter that affects peoples’ health,’’ he said. (NAN)