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Nigeria Tops List of Organic Agriculture Promoters – ECOWAS
Nigeria is leading in the promotion of Organic Agriculture in the West Africa region, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has said.
The Head of Agriculture Division, ECOWAS Commission, Mr Ernest Aubee, made this…
Kenya’s elephant number rises at 2.8% annually as poaching declines
Poaching: Forest elephants are poached for their ivory and skin, and threatened with extinction
This is as poaching is declining, a wildlife research institute said on Sunday, April 11, 2021.
The State-owned Wildlife Research…
Improved law enforcement helps reduce rhino poaching in Namibia – Report Improved law enforcement…
Improved law enforcement and more effective disruption of criminal networks led to a decline in the rate of rhino poaching in Namibia in 2020, according to a report released on Friday, April 9, 2021.
On the other hand, significantly…
5.7m Farmers Benefiting from AFJP – Minister
The Federal Government in a bid to ensure that genuine farmers were brought closer to the government said that it enrolled about 5.7 million farmers across the federation in the Agric for Food and Jobs Plan (AFJP) project.
Minister…
USAID Launches Grants to Support Food Security Challenge in Nigeria
:Mnena Iyorkegh, Abuja
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in Nigeria has launched a COVID-19 Food Security Challenge that will provide $3 million in grant funding and technical assistance to youth-led and mid-stage…
FCTA intensified effort to prevent flood
Hudu Yakubu, Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has intensified efforts to prevent flood disaster in communities in Kwali Area Council affected by flood in 2020.
Mrs Florence Wenegieme, Deputy…
AATF Inaugurates Stewardship Committee For PBR Cowpea
The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), has inaugurated an 11-member National Stewardship Committee for quality management, production and distribution of the Pod Borer Resistant (PBR) cowpea seeds.
This move is part of…
Nigeria Engages Local Seed Companies For Multiplication Of PBR Cowpea
Nigeria has engaged indigenous seed companies for the multiplication and sales of Pod Borer Resistant cowpea to meet up the demand of farmers across the country.
The Trial Manager for PBR cowpea Nigeria, Mohammed Umar, said three seed…
World Bank Spring Meetings to address sovereign debt and nature crises
The World Bank Group-International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings holding virtually from April 9 to 11, 2021 will, amid the mounting sovereign debt crisis exacerbated by COVID-19 economic slowdowns, focus on how to address the sovereign debt…
Green banks play major role in climate-resilient development in Africa, says report
A study has shown that a combination of green banks working alongside National Climate Change Funds (NCCF) has the potential to scale private investment in support of climate and sustainable development goals.
The…