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Food Security: Bayelsa to assist farmers with new techniques, inputs

Bayelsa State Government says it will assist subsistence farmers in the state with improved techniques and inputs to boost production and achieve food security. Mr...

Actionaid calls for implementation of gender policy in agricultural sector

ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) has called on the federal and state governments to implement the gender policy in agricultural sector in a bid to offer...

Threat of food insecurity: The real reason

Nigeria, a country of over 200 million people, blessed with beautiful climate, mineral resources and large arable land is still grappling with the problem...

Utilising sustainable practices to enhance productivity of smallholder women farmers

Studies have shown that small scale farmers, some with less than two hectares of land under cropping, are the ones producing the larger percentage...

Mitigating post-harvest losses via preservation, processing

Post-harvest losses have always been a challenge to farmers and threat to food security. Unarguably food security could be enhanced through preservation and processing...

Farmers raise alarm as insecurity threatens food availability

Some stakeholders in the agriculture sector have appealed to the Federal Government to intensify efforts in curbing banditry, kidnapping and terrorism, as these can...

Africa to double agricultural productivity as $17bn is pledged to increase food security

A coalition of multilateral development banks and development partners has pledged over $17 billion in financing on Friday, April 30, 2021 during a high-level...

Reps move to ascertain level of food security in Nigeria

The House of Representatives on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 moved to ascertain the level of food security in the country, following the adoption of...

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World Earth Day: HOMEF calls for accelerated action to clean energy

The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has called for accelerated action toward clean energy, environmental restoration, and stronger...
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Report exposes deadly cost of delaying coal phase-out in South Africa

A new report released on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, by Greenpeace Africa, the Centre for Research on Energy and...

World Earth Day: Coalition urges govts to protect Africa’s ecosystem, hold Shell, others accountable

As the world commemorates Earth Day 2026 Wednesday, April 22, the Africa Make Big Polluters Pay (MBPP) coalition has called for...

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World Earth Day: HOMEF calls for accelerated action to clean energy

The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has called...

Report exposes deadly cost of delaying coal phase-out in South Africa

A new report released on Wednesday, April 22, 2026,...