26.4 C
Lagos
Thursday, July 3, 2025

Tag:Farming

Weed control: 11,000 farmers for IITA’s on-farm trials

For the 2016 farming season, the Steering Committee of the Cassava Weed Management Project, which is managed by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture...

GEF/UNDP scheme fosters resilience, tackles food insecurity

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) in conjunction with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has commenced the implementation of a programme aimed at promoting...

Images: Manual flower pollination in China as bees disappear

In parts of rural China, humans are doing the work bees once did. Striking new photos show farm workers in Hanyuan county, in China’s Sichuan...

Food security concerns as cocoyam disappears in Arochukwu

Cocoyam, a root crop, for many years served as a major source of revenue for rural women in the ancient town of Arochukwu in Abia...

Giving a voice to the ‘missing’ women in India’s climate plans

Women have the power to put India on the course to a green sustainable future, specifically, poor rural women working in the agriculture sector. India’s economy...

World Food Day 2014: Family farmers key to alleviating global hunger – FAO

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has recognised family farmers as central to solving global hunger and malnutrition. According to FAO,...

Latest news

New report reveals Pacific leadership on climate ahead of NDC 3.0 deadline

A new publication by the UN Climate Change Regional Collaboration Centre for Asia and the Pacific reveals that Pacific Island countries are making...
- Advertisement -spot_imgspot_img

Spain, Brazil push global action to tax the super-rich, curb inequality

Spain and Brazil on July 1, 2025, launched a joint initiative to promote higher tax contributions from the super-rich...

Groups flay abductions, killings of human rights defenders in Kenya

Human rights groups across Africa are horrified by the continued crackdown on peaceful protests and the abduction and detention...

Must read

New report reveals Pacific leadership on climate ahead of NDC 3.0 deadline

A new publication by the UN Climate Change Regional Collaboration Centre for...

Spain, Brazil push global action to tax the super-rich, curb inequality

Spain and Brazil on July 1, 2025, launched a...
×