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Since 2018, the nine manufacturers have been recording an average of $14 billion annually until 2021 when it shot up to $28 billion. They saw $49 billion in 2022, which is troubling as these spikes coincide with growing global food crisis.

The governor promises to accelerate construction of agro-industrial parks. He says that they have potential to generate employment opportunities, create wealth, reduce unemployment, and improve food security.

Cows produce methane as part of their food digestion process and emit it through belching. Methane is about 80 times more effective in warming the planet than carbon dioxide in the first 20 years.

Hyacinth Alia, the new Benue state governor, has promised that his administration will industrialise the state's economy through agriculture and rural development.

Tingo Mobile, an African Agri-fintech company, has signed off a loan of ₦3 billion to the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN).

The initial ban was put in place in 2012 by the country's cabinet. However, the basis for the ban is a debunked study by Gilles-Eric Séralini which linked GM foods to cancer in rats. The research publisher also retracted the study a year later.

Bandits have asked farmers in Birnin-Gwari local government area of Kaduna State to pay a fine of ₦10 million to be able to return to their farms.