Paul Ilona, Country Manager of HarvestPlus-Nigeria, has been selected as the Chair of the Steering/Advisory Committee of the Building an Economically Sustainable, Integrated Cassava Seed System, Phase 2 (BASICS-II).

To boost Federal Government’s food security drive, the Country Manager, HarvestPlus Nigeria, Paul Ilona, has called for more investment in local food production to tackle malnutrition, which also affects economic development. He noted that Nigeria is moving at a slow pace in terms of economic development due to the effect of poor nutrition. Ilona told…

Harvest-Plus Nigeria has denied being part of purported $200 billion food bio-fortification of crops as reported by some dailies.

In a move to address malnutrition in the country, HarvestPlus, a global bio-fortifier of nutritious crops has introduced about 200,000mt of vitamin A maize into the Nigerian market.

Women have been identified as major players in addressing malnutrition in Nigeria and unless they are trained to make nutrition-sensitive decisions, malnutrition cannot be eradicated in the country.

From November 9 to 11, 2016, HarvestPlus, would be bringing together heavyweights in the industrial sector, food processors and farmers for the second edition of the annual Nutritious Food Fair....