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How smallholder farmers can food secure Africa

One of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is to "End hunger, achieve food security and adequate nutrition for all, and promote sustainable agriculture." Smallholder farmers...

Why ecosystem services should be mainstreamed into agriculture

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) have launched a technical...

Government urged by Catholics to drop grazing bill

Catholic bishops in Enugu on Saturday called on the Federal Government to drop the idea of the grazing bill to forestall ethnic clashes and...

FADAMA cassava scheme gets $200m World Bank lifeline

Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, has said the World Bank will support FADAMA III Project in the country with $200 million. Ogbeh made this known...

What the National Confab agreed to on biosafety, GMOs

During the 2014 Nigerian National Conference (Confab), three committees made recommendations with regard to handling of Biosafety in Nigeria and with particular reference to...

How drought worsens food insecurity in Southern Africa

An estimated 41 million people - 23 per cent - of the 181 million rural population in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are...

FUNAI plants trees, establishes Pioneer Garden

The Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo, on Wednesday, June 15 2016, launched a novelty by floating what they call Pioneer Garden. The Garden is meant to...

Nairobi forum seeks to better farmers’, families’ lives

Organisers of the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) 2016 say the forum will advance policies and secure the investments that will ensure a better...

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Stranded at midnight: How recurrent gridlocks on Lokoja-Abuja highway are putting lives at risk

In the early hours of January 19, 2026, at about 1:16 a.m., Mrs. Mmseoma was travelling with her pregnant...
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Abia validates climate policy, prioritises disability inclusion

The Abia State Government has validated its climate change policy, emphasising disability inclusion, during a stakeholders’ engagement organised by...

Mixed reactions trail govt directive on free prepaid electricity meters

Experts, power sector operators and electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) have expressed divergent views on the Federal Government’s directive mandating...

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