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Afforestation: NEWMAP establishes 116 hectares of woodlot in Borno

The Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) has established 116 hectares of woodlot in Borno State as part of measures to contain deforestation. NEWMAP is...
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Building resilience to agricultural shocks will improve productivity

Establishing an enabling environment with appropriate policies, regulations, institutions, and markets to drive the adoption of innovations is key to building agricultural resilience in Africa, said...
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Cost of farming: How Iseyin women farmers cope with climate change, credit crunch

In response to COVID-19 emergency food security in 2020, the Oyo State Government created a database of 10,000 smallholder farmers as part of the...
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Evolve national policy on coconut, Lagos charges govt

The Lagos State Coconut Development Authority wants the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) to develop a national policy on coconut value...
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Western govts, private foundations urged to stop funding AGRA

The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) on Thursday, September 2, 2021, called on donors to stop funding the Alliance for a Green...
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Launch of biotech cowpea will create jobs for Nigerians – NABDA D-G

The Director-General of National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha, says  the recent inauguration of Biotech (Bt) cowpea will create millions of job...
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Agroecology as a viable option to addressing climate change

The world is grappling with the challenge of how to address climate change. The latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)...
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Agric & Biotech

At AFF/NGARA webinar, experts share knowledge on sustainable forest management

The African Forest Forum (AFF) has in the last two years carried out research works on strengthening sustainable management of Africa’s forests and trees outside forests and the role they...
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