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Stakeholders at maiden forum explore avenues to adapt climate change effects on agriculture

Government representatives, policymakers, civil society organisations and other partners from Africa convened in Abuja on Monday, October 16, 2023, for the First Conference on...

Maiden adaptation confab to place agriculture at centre of climate response priorities

The Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), in partnership with the National Climate Change Council (NCCC) of the Government of Nigeria, alongside other partners...

Sri Lanka to estimate damage caused by drought to agriculture

Sri Lanka’s Minister of Agriculture, Mahinda Amaraweera, on Monday, August 7, 2023, instructed the Agriculture and Agrarian Insurance Board to estimate the damage caused...

Botswana to introduce new drought-tolerant rice for modern agriculture

Botswana’s National Agricultural Research and Development Institute (NARDI) and African Agriculture PTY LTD (AA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to introduce new...

Katsina seeks AfDB’s support on agriculture, renewable energy

Gov. Dikko Radda of Katsina State is seeking the support of the African Development Bank (AfDB) to develop the abundant agricultural and renewable energy...

Gender inequalities in agriculture costs world $1trn – FAO

The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says gender inequalities in food and agriculture are costing the world over $1 trillion, noting that leveling...

Expert cautions farmers on use of pesticides

The Director, Heinrich Boll Foundation Nigeria, Mr Jochen Luckscheiter, has urged farmers to exercise caution when administering pesticides to crops for healthy living and...

Why journalists must be concerned about impact of climate change on agriculture

Humanity can still stop the worst consequences of climate change, says scientists in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report. But time, it...

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Tinubu to attend COP28 climate summit in Dubai

President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria will, on Wednesday, November 29, 2023, depart Abuja for Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to...
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COP28: High expectations as world converges on Dubai for crucial climate negotiations

Around 70,000 people are expected to attend as the 28th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP28) to...

Ensure strict enforcement of environmental laws, expert charges Lagos

There is need for Lagos State Government to resuscitate enforcement of aggressive environmental laws as it was done during...

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Tinubu to attend COP28 climate summit in Dubai

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COP28: High expectations as world converges on Dubai for crucial climate negotiations

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