Nigeria borrows $134 million to boost farms as famine looms

15th November 2024

Last week's update from the "Cadre Harmonise" team said 25 million Nigerians already face "acute food insecurity" and the figure is expected to rise to 33 million in 2025.

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Nigeria's agriculture ministry says the money will support an ongoing plan to boost staples like sorghum, wheat, rice, maize, soybean and cassava. (AFP)

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LAGOS - Nigeria has secured a 134-million-dollar (127-million-euro) loan to invest in farming, the government said Thursday, as Africa's most populous nation faces a hunger crisis of staggering

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