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Agriculture

May 7, 2024

World Bank says changes in farm practices can cut greenhouse emissions by one-third

A new World Bank report says changes in farm and food production methods can cut greenhouse emissions by a third by 2030. 

Farming lands
May 4, 2024

Nigerian government urged to tackle banditry, kidnapping to boost food production

Mr Adebayo told journalists on Saturday in Ota that insecurity had negatively impacted the nation’s food supply chain.

Bandits attack
May 4, 2024

Special agro-industrial project will create jobs for 200,000 persons in Anambra: AfDB

From what we have seen, about 450 hectares of land will be dedicated to the industrial site.”

AfDB
May 3, 2024

NABDA urges farmers to embrace biotechnology to boost productivity

The director-general said using biosafety and biotechnology seeds to boost food security would improve the plight of farmers across the country.

Maize farmers(Credit: Babban Gona)
May 3, 2024

Poultry farmers may record over 50% bird mortality due to heatwave: Official

The chairman of PAN in Lagos, Mojeed Iyiola, noted that poultry farmers across the state had lost many birds due to the rising temperature and heat wave.

Poultry farm
May 3, 2024

UNESCO advocates access to scientific information to protect earth

UNESCO has called for access to reliable scientific information to protect the planet and mitigate the effects of climate change globally.

PLANET EARTH
May 2, 2024

Bayelsa: Gov Diri slams oil companies’ ‘recklessness’, seeks UN support to tackle environmental degradation

The Bayelsa government has urged the United Nations to support efforts towards tackling environmental degradation in the Niger Delta region.

Governor Douye Diri and Oil Spillage
April 30, 2024

G7 supports UN agreements on plastic pollution

G7 leading Western industrialised nations are supporting an ambitious UN agreement to reduce plastics.

Plastic pollution
April 29, 2024

Nigerian farmers warned against agrochemical misuse

Some agriculture experts have called for increased advocacy against farmers’ misuse of agrochemicals.