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Pesticide dossier exposes health, environmental risks in Nigerian agriculture sector

The Alliance for Action on Pesticides in Nigeria (AAPN) with the support of the Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has presented a dossier...
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Agric & Biotech

ICCM5: Groups urge ambitious action to phase out world’s most dangerous pesticides

Civil society and Indigenous Peoples organisations numbering 373, from 74 countries, urged leaders at a historic global conference to act with urgency to phase...
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Agric & Biotech

Nigerian stakeholders caution against harmful usage of pesticides

Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) on Wednesday, August 16, 2023, in Abuja warned against the harmful usage of pesticides to safeguard public health...
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Agric & Biotech

Why Inadequate pesticide laws, regulatory lapses exist in Nigeria: Call for caution (II)

Continued from yesterday Part 2: Checking the flaw Based on the issues identified regarding inadequate pesticide laws and regulatory lapses in Nigeria, here are some recommendations...
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Agric & Biotech

Why inadequate pesticide laws, regulatory lapses exist in Nigeria: Call for caution

Part One – the why! Since 2015, the Nigerian government has grappled with the ongoing issue of its food exports consistently being rejected by the...
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Agric & Biotech

SRADev calls for regulation of Highly Harzardous Pesticides (HHPs) use

The Sustainable Research and Action for Environmental Development(SRADev), an environmental NGO, has called for the regulation of the use of Highly Harzardous Pesticides (HHPs)...
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Researchers find link between ultra-processed foods and infertility in women

Women who consume lower amounts of ultra-processed foods have higher odds of conceiving, according to new research from McMaster...
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Despite increased LG allocation, Oyo community cut off due to bridge abandoned 10 years ago

For over 10 years, residents of Ifelodun Community, in Oke-Odo, under the Ona-Ara Local Government Area of Oyo State,...
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17th wild horse reserve in Central Europe established

A new wild horse reserve was recently established in the north of the Czech Republic, in an area known...

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Researchers find link between ultra-processed foods and infertility in women

Women who consume lower amounts of ultra-processed foods have...
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Despite increased LG allocation, Oyo community cut off due to bridge abandoned 10 years ago

For over 10 years, residents of Ifelodun Community, in...