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  "url": "https://voltformer.com/news/nigeria-committee-staple-crops-livestock-food-security-october-2026",
  "slug": "nigeria-committee-staple-crops-livestock-food-security-october-2026",
  "category": "policy-standards",
  "publishDate": "2026-10-21",
  "sourceDate": {
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    "value": "2026-10-20"
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  "sourceName": "Voice of Nigeria",
  "sourceUrl": "https://von.gov.ng/nigeria-sets-up-committee-on-agricultural-interventions-food-security/",
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  "tags": [
    "Nigeria",
    "Agriculture",
    "Food security",
    "Livestock",
    "Wheat"
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  "content": {
    "title": "Nigeria forms committee on crops and livestock interventions",
    "summary": "The multi-agency team will prepare a food-security blueprint.",
    "sections": [
      {
        "paragraphs": [
          "Vice President Kashim Shettima formed a multi-agency committee on agriculture and food security. It will prepare a blueprint for wheat and other staples, livestock, dry-season farming, and coordination between federal and subnational governments. No targets were announced."
        ],
        "sources": [
          {
            "name": "Voice of Nigeria",
            "url": "https://von.gov.ng/nigeria-sets-up-committee-on-agricultural-interventions-food-security/"
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