The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Africa, Abebe Halle-Gabriel have visited Nigeria in a bid to meet with some selected government officials to chart a way forward in improving the livelihood of the citizens. The FAO Deputy Director of the Office of Emergency and Resilience, Shukri Ahmed who is also part of the visit will accompany the Halle-Gabriel to...
Agrifood tech startups in Africa have raised $1.1billion in five years, a report has said. The Africa Agrifood tech Investment Report 2022, AgFunder’s first Africa investment report, in partnership with FMO-Dutch entrepreneurial development and British International Investment, aims to contextualise trends on the continent with global trends. The report also indicated that African agrifood tech firms have $1.1 billion since 2017. A...
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), Dr Mohammad Abubakar, on Thursday, said the agriculture sector contributed 23 per cent to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the first half of 2022. Abubakar stated this in his keynote address at the opening ceremony of the 45th Regular Meeting of the National Council on Agriculture and Rural Development (NCARD) in Jos. The minister said the figure was from the National...
Running for almost two decades already, a local project in Vietnam has been exhibiting the economic, environmental, and social benefits of cassava-based conservation models. By the early 2000s, the Van Yen District in Yen Bai Province, Vietnam, had experienced yield loss and food insecurity due to unsustainable practices, such as intensive farming and monocropping. These practices reduced forest coverage to accommodate agricultural production...
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...
