There are some practical things you can do in your home or yard to trap some of the carbon from the atmosphere. In our gardens and with our lawns, what we do can make a difference in how the plants and soil interact. And using best practices, in the long-term, can reduce greenhouse gases, and help the environment! First, some basics. Plants capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere during photosynthesis. They convert the carbon dioxide to...
Sign MoU on reducing Greenhouse Gas emissions from agric sector With Lagos projected to be wiped off by 2050 (28 years from now) due to the impacts of climate change, President Biden’s Special Envoy on Climate Change, John Kerry, yesterday, said the United States “put $12 billion on the table” to help countries reduce obvious impacts. Already, most cities in Nigeria are faced with erosion, with people becoming homeless due to rising sea...
As part of effort to increases food security in Nigeria. AYOSIFAM Integrated Service with grant from USAID conducted 3 days training for 100 smallholders cassava farmers in 5 different local government areas in Kwara State on Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), Financial Literacy/Farm Business School (FBS), Cooperative Formation and introduction to ICT with aims to increased the knowledge of the farmers on cassava farm business and better equip...
Certain plants produce deadly cyanide to protect themselves from insect attack, and this poisonous system is now helping to kill cancer cells in humans. The BA Festival of Science was told yesterday about research into a "novel" anti-cancer agent from the cassava plant. Dr Mahendra Deonarain, of the department of biochemistry at Imperial College, London, described how he took the cyanide-producing system from the plant, an enzyme called...
