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Climate change: Centre advises farmers to choose right variety crops

The National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (NACGRAB) has advised farmers to choose and multiply right variety crops to mitigate climate change. The Acting...

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...

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Experts advocate reforms to strengthen electricity value chain

Nigeria’s electricity sector remains one of the richly endowed with energy resources, yet struggling to keep the lights on...
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Addressing impacts of the Middle East conflict on Africa

The global economic environment has become increasingly volatile with rising frequency of major shocks worldwide. Amid spikes in energy,...

Human bile emerges as a hidden reservoir for microplastics

Plastic pollution has become one of the defining environmental issues of modern life, and microplastics are now known to...

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Experts advocate reforms to strengthen electricity value chain

Nigeria’s electricity sector remains one of the richly endowed...

Addressing impacts of the Middle East conflict on Africa

The global economic environment has become increasingly volatile with...