The National Agricultural Land Development Authority has disclosed that ongoing Renewed Hope mega farm estates in Kwara and Ekiti will lift no fewer than 100,000 people out of poverty as the project would also create 12,000 direct jobs, 30,000 indirect jobs. According to a statement on Thursday, the government executive
21NovABUJA, Nigeria – In a significant stride toward agricultural modernization, the Federal Government of Nigeria has officially inaugurated the National Digital Farmers Registry (NDFR) Multi-Stakeholder Collaborative Knowledge Sharing Platform. The initiative, launched at a national stakeholder workshop, aims to create a unified, verifiable, and interoperable system for identifying and supporting genuine
Nigeria is consuming more data than at any point in its history, even as millions of internet lines disappear from the nation’s telecom networks, according to the Nigerian Communications Commission’s (NCC) latest annual industry performance report. The regulator’s 2024 Year-End Report reveals a striking divergence where internet subscriptions fell sharply
20NovThe Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, has inaugurated the National Digital Farmers Registry (NDFR) Multi-Stakeholder Collaborative Knowledge-Sharing Platform, a major step toward harmonising Nigeria’s fragmented agricultural data system and strengthening the country’s food security architecture. Speaking at the National Stakeholder Workshop on Best Practices for NDFR,
The Federal Government has raised a fresh alarm over the rise of artificial intelligence–powered misinformation and online propaganda, warning that the escalating wave of AI-generated falsehoods poses a growing threat to Nigeria’s information ecosystem. Speaking at the Annual General Meeting and Conference of the Independent Broadcasters Association of Nigeria (IBAN),
9AugThe International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in collaboration with Heifer International is supporting the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, in its effort to set up the National Digital Farmers Registry. This collaboration is implemented through a policy dialogue on NDFR as well as knowledge sharing on digitization
17JanIn a significant step towards strengthening its agricultural sector and enhancing food security, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS) is partnering with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to launch a new National Identity Number (NIN)-enabled farmer registry and a Government-to-People (G2P) card system. This initiative is
