{"id":"nigeria-sector-rivers-food-day-farm-innovation-oct17-2026","canonicalSlug":"nigeria-sector-rivers-food-day-farm-innovation-oct17-2026","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/nigeria-sector-rivers-food-day-farm-innovation-oct17-2026","language":"en","title":"Rivers urges farmers to adopt innovation and modern techniques","summary":"At a World Food Day event, the state also cited plans for women’s rice training and value-chain financing.","body":["Rivers State’s agriculture ministry urged farmers and sector partners to adopt innovative methods, modern farming techniques and partnerships at a World Food Day event in Port Harcourt. The state report, dated October 17, described the event as a call to action for productivity and a sustainable food supply.","The ministry cited capacity building, input distribution, youth participation, extension services, fisheries and aquaculture as areas of work. A women-in-agribusiness representative described a proposed partnership with the Bank of Agriculture for smallholder value-chain financing and training 1,000 women in rice cultivation. These were commitments and plans, not completed outcomes."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Rivers urges farmers to adopt innovation and modern techniques\n\nAt a World Food Day event, the state also cited plans for women’s rice training and value-chain financing.\n\nRivers State’s agriculture ministry urged farmers and sector partners to adopt innovative methods, modern farming techniques and partnerships at a World Food Day event in Port Harcourt. The state report, dated October 17, described the event as a call to action for productivity and a sustainable food supply.\n\nThe ministry cited capacity building, input distribution, youth participation, extension services, fisheries and aquaculture as areas of work. A women-in-agribusiness representative described a proposed partnership with the Bank of Agriculture for smallholder value-chain financing and training 1,000 women in rice cultivation. These were commitments and plans, not completed outcomes.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":["non-oil-economy"],"eventDate":"2026-10-16","eventDateBasis":"source-reported event or announcement date","publishedAt":"2026-10-20T15:04:50Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-20T15:04:50Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-20T14:57:11Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-17","translatedAt":"2026-10-20T14:32:39Z","sources":[{"url":"https://moic.rv.gov.ng/rsg-urges-farmers-to-embrace-innovation-for-food-security/","name":"Rivers State Ministry of Information and Communications","licence":"No open content-reuse licence stated on the source page.","checkedAt":"2026-10-20","licenseUrl":"https://moic.rv.gov.ng/rsg-urges-farmers-to-embrace-innovation-for-food-security/","attribution":"Rivers State Ministry of Information and Communications, report dated 2026-10-17","publishedAt":"2026-10-17"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/nigeria-sector-rivers-food-day-farm-innovation-oct17-2026","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/nigeria-sector-rivers-food-day-farm-innovation-oct17-2026","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/nigeria-sector-rivers-food-day-farm-innovation-oct17-2026","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/nigeria-sector-rivers-food-day-farm-innovation-oct17-2026","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/nigeria-sector-rivers-food-day-farm-innovation-oct17-2026","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/nigeria-sector-rivers-food-day-farm-innovation-oct17-2026","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/nigeria-sector-rivers-food-day-farm-innovation-oct17-2026"},"corrections":[],"locations":[],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["policy-update"],"geographies":[{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"NG","subdivisionCode":"NG-RI"}],"evidenceBasis":["plan"],"measurementPeriod":null}}