When I saw an African report from Daily Nation that 78% of vegetables have pesticides residue, I instantly recalled the podcast discussion about GMOs and associated pesticides in Africa I had with Dr. Michelle Perro, the Co-Founder & Executive Director of GMO Science. One important highlight of the discussion was the hidden and often unconsidered […]
Are Africans paying attention to El Niño and the potential impact on food production and security? I’ve observed that the rainfall in Nigeria this wet season and especially in the south has been regular and more than the previous year. My belief is that the climate is healing and rainfall is becoming regular as it […]
At the recent World Economic Forum, the Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a historic speech that pulled the mask off a failed rule-based international system where super powers bully and control lesser powers and informed on the urgency for a better, just and equitable system. Carney rallied for middle powers to unite together, cooperate […]
Frank Talk on Nigeria’s 2026 Budget Proposal This Sunday, I got the chance to watch the Nigerian 2026 budget presentation by the President and I’m worried about what would unfold in 2026 and also can’t wait to see the allocation and projects for agriculture in the appropriation bill and final budget with the present financial […]
How do we produce so much potatoes that surpass our demands -excess supplies of 105,000 metric tons potatoes and 2.6 million tons sweet potatoes -but yet import $30 million potatoes (products) yearly? This is the thought that has been bothering me since I held a conversation on Potato Farming last week on X (Twitter) platform. […]
Conflict and Global Food Insecurity (Israel-Iran War) The series of violent conflicts emerging these days –Israel-Iran war in particular -have me worried about what the state of global food security will be by the end of this year and the ensuing impact. According to a recent report by the World Food Programme (WFP) “65% of […]
The Impact of Ramadan on Food Security The term food security has different definitions and which generally have the pillars of availability, accessibility, utilization, and stability. The availability encompasses production, distribution and exchange of food. It generally means food to be available to people by these means. The other pillar accessibility portrays having access to […]
The current Nigeria and France “renewed” relationship is what comes to my mind as I think about the recent X (Twitter) discourse I facilitated on slavery, colonialism, imperialism and the Nigerian Agriculture. Whether the renewed relationship means good for Nigeria? As Asiwaju visited Paris, signed among others to deepen commerce and diplomatic ties, was a […]
In 2023, agriculture contributed 25% of the Nigerian $375b GDP. This is a sum of $93.7b (value added). In the same year, ₦228.4b of the nation’s ₦221.83trn budget went to agriculture. It represents 1.05%. This is equivalent of $523.4m factoring in $435.75 FX rate benchmark of the 2023 budget. Hence, in the period of foucus […]
