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Dry season rice farmers urged to cultivate sizeable lands

Executive Director, National Cereals Research Centre (NCRI) Badeggi, Niger State, Dr Umaru Aliyu, has called on dry season rice farmers to cultivate sizeable lands...

Stakeholders want dry season farming adopted to tackle food crises

Industry players in the agricultural sector have called on farmers to take advantage of dry season farming as part of conscious attempts to prevent...

ActionAid urges immediate creation of Agriculture Emergency Fund

The ActionAid Nigeria has called for the immediate creation of a separate Agricultural Emergency Fund outside the 2023 budget for agriculture. Mr Azubike Nwokoye, the...

Govt, IFAD to deploy climate adaptation strategies in mitigating floods on farmers

The Federal Government and the International Fund for Agricultural Development, through the Value Chain Development Programme (FG/IFAD -VCDP), will deploy climate adaptation strategies to...

The role of biotech in Nigeria’s quest for industrial growth

One of the core mandates of the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) is to stimulate an environment that would respond to the needs of...

Nigeria hosts five AU countries on genome editing to boost agriculture

Nigeria is hosting five other member states of the African Union (AU) to strategise on the use and adoption of genome editing technology in...

60 African food systems leaders complete AGRA’s inaugural leadership programme

Forty food systems leaders from Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Ethiopia have graduated from the AGRA-led Centre for African Leaders in Agriculture’s (CALA) Advanced Leadership Programme...

World Soil Day: Farmers, stakeholders urged to imbibe soil knowledge for food security

The Nigeria Institute of Soil Science (NISS) has called for detailed knowledge of soils by farmers and other stakeholders for enhanced food production, security...

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EcoCirculate expands community-driven circular economy efforts to Ojokoro

The Office of Climate Change and Circular Economy (OCCE) has once again advanced Lagos State’s sustainability agenda with the...
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Study finds rising climate awareness, but women’s voices still sidelined

Malawian communities are increasingly aware of climate change and their rights in the face of its impacts, but women...

FCTA ratifies N7.3bn waste collection, management contracts

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has approved N7.3 billion contracts for the provision of waste collection and management...

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EcoCirculate expands community-driven circular economy efforts to Ojokoro

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