{"id":"nigeria-sector-national-soil-testing-774-lgas-oct20-2026","canonicalSlug":"nigeria-sector-national-soil-testing-774-lgas-oct20-2026","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/nigeria-sector-national-soil-testing-774-lgas-oct20-2026","language":"en","title":"Nigeria plans to expand soil testing to all 774 local government areas","summary":"The agriculture minister linked the effort to soil-health cards and fertiliser advice based on laboratory evidence.","body":["Agriculture Minister of State Aliyu Abdullahi said the federal government is working to expand soil-testing services across all 774 local government areas. TheCable reported on October 20 that he spoke at the opening of a two-day fertiliser summit in Abuja on October 19.","He said the Nigerian Farmers’ Soil Health Scheme would provide soil-specific recommendations, including soil-health cards and a Nigeria Soil Information System. The minister cited funding, data quality, coordination and farmer awareness as implementation challenges. The nationwide coverage is a target, not a claim that every LGA already has a service."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Nigeria plans to expand soil testing to all 774 local government areas\n\nThe agriculture minister linked the effort to soil-health cards and fertiliser advice based on laboratory evidence.\n\nAgriculture Minister of State Aliyu Abdullahi said the federal government is working to expand soil-testing services across all 774 local government areas. TheCable reported on October 20 that he spoke at the opening of a two-day fertiliser summit in Abuja on October 19.\n\nHe said the Nigerian Farmers’ Soil Health Scheme would provide soil-specific recommendations, including soil-health cards and a Nigeria Soil Information System. The minister cited funding, data quality, coordination and farmer awareness as implementation challenges. The nationwide coverage is a target, not a claim that every LGA already has a service.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":["non-oil-economy"],"eventDate":"2026-10-19","eventDateBasis":"source-reported event or announcement date","publishedAt":"2026-10-20T15:04:50Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-20T15:04:50Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-20T14:56:09Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-20","translatedAt":"2026-10-20T15:01:27Z","sources":[{"url":"https://www.thecable.ng/fg-targets-all-774-lgas-for-soil-testing-to-boost-food-production/","name":"TheCable","licence":"No open content-reuse licence stated on the source page.","checkedAt":"2026-10-20","licenseUrl":"https://www.thecable.ng/fg-targets-all-774-lgas-for-soil-testing-to-boost-food-production/","attribution":"TheCable, report dated 2026-10-20","publishedAt":"2026-10-20"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/nigeria-sector-national-soil-testing-774-lgas-oct20-2026","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/nigeria-sector-national-soil-testing-774-lgas-oct20-2026","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/nigeria-sector-national-soil-testing-774-lgas-oct20-2026","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/nigeria-sector-national-soil-testing-774-lgas-oct20-2026","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/nigeria-sector-national-soil-testing-774-lgas-oct20-2026","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/nigeria-sector-national-soil-testing-774-lgas-oct20-2026","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/nigeria-sector-national-soil-testing-774-lgas-oct20-2026"},"corrections":[],"locations":[],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["policy-update"],"geographies":[{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"NG","subdivisionCode":null}],"evidenceBasis":["plan"],"measurementPeriod":null}}