food security

Federal Government highlights palm oil as critical to food security while revealing that 65% of livestock consumption still depends on imports, costing the economy billions in foreign exchange.

From Zimbabwe's advisory officers to Nigeria's livestock ministry, agricultural professionals across Africa struggle for support despite their critical role in food security and rural development.

The Bank of Agriculture is developing financial support mechanisms for Senator Oluremi Tinubu's 'Every Home A Garden' initiative and National Community Food Bank rollout, with schemes designed to target female civil servants and address malnutrition at household level.

Nigeria's food safety regulator has impounded expired products worth N100 million and sealed 18 warehouses in Bida, Niger State, marking one of the agency's largest enforcement operations against unsafe food distribution networks.

Nigeria's Bank of Agriculture is collaborating with the First Lady's Every Home A Garden program to establish a National Community Food Bank network, with initial focus on female civil servants as part of efforts to address malnutrition at the household level.

Prolonged drought conditions across Zimbabwe are driving acute malnutrition among children, prompting health authorities and agricultural experts to call for structural interventions beyond emergency food distribution.

The National Orientation Agency has issued a stern warning against commodity hoarding as traders deliberately create artificial scarcity of staple foods during Ramadan and Lent, exploiting religious observances to inflate prices and deepen hardship for ordinary Nigerians.

Cabinet Secretary Ruku has committed government support to drought-stricken Kajiado residents, highlighting the escalating humanitarian crisis affecting pastoral communities in Kenya's southern rangelands.

Two Senegalese farms have established themselves as critical suppliers of fresh vegetables to British markets during winter months, with weekly cargo shipments bridging the seasonal production gap when European growing conditions deteriorate.

Food-tech entrepreneur Jennifer Adebisi argues that Africa's agri-food technology companies are falling through funding cracks as they prove too operational for software investors yet too tech-driven for traditional agriculture and hospitality backers.

Farmers across Africa confront mounting pressures as Nigerian agricultural operators grapple with lending rates reaching 60 percent while Zimbabwean growers battle prolonged dry spells threatening maize and tobacco harvests.

Federal Government and Bank of Agriculture launch continent's biggest farm equipment distribution programme, targeting mechanized farmers across 36 states to address food security challenges.

A strategic partnership between agricultural technology firm AgriLogiq and systems integrator NEC XON aims to deploy protected, data-driven farming solutions across the continent, marking a significant push toward modernising Africa's agricultural sector.

Agrofood Nigeria 2026 conference positions the Netherlands as lead partner in Nigeria's push to reduce food imports, stabilize inflation, and build export-ready agricultural value chains amid persistent food security challenges.

The Nigerian government has unveiled a national food bank programme through a partnership between the First Lady's office, the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, and the National Primary Health Care Development Agency to address widespread child malnutrition.