Joseph O Akahome (OJ) is a writer, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Literature from the University of Benin. He is an avid agriculturist, with a bias for poultry and an insatiable appetite for chicken wings. When he is neither reading nor researching, he likes to spend recreational time playing board games, or swimming in serene forested lakes.
Despite government intervention efforts, Nigerian farmers are struggling with soaring fertiliser costs. Although, the Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI) did improve local production it failed to curb rising prices.
Global rice prices have surged to a 12-year high due to India's ban on non-basmati rice exports, impacting international trade and raising concerns about food security.
The Irish Co-operative Organization Society (ICOS) opposes the introduction of a dairy exit scheme, stating it could harm the dairy sector's future viability and sustainability.
UK farm JE Hartley Limited, a frozen vegetable supplier, has donated £23,000 to an environmental charity after illegally spreading waste sludge on its land over several years without proper permits.
