Agriculture
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The Nigerian Women Who Went from Labourers for Hire to Landowners
One Sunday afternoon, across the fields of Anguwan Mission in Zonkwa area of Kaduna State, northwestern Nigeria, Martha Saleh bent low in the middle of her five-hectare plot, tugging weeds from tidy rows of corn.…
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“He who feeds you, controls you,” Dr. Ify Aniebo Warns Against GMO
Associate Professor of Genomics and Molecular Biology and health expert Dr. Ify Aniebo Rhodes-Vivour has shared insights around genetically modified organisms (GMOs), amidst growing debates in Nigeria. Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are plants, animals or…
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Ondo Cocoa Farmers Demand Inclusion in African Agenda 2063
To safeguard their rights to financial support, training programmes, and active participation in the agricultural sector, particularly in cocoa production, the cocoa farmers in Ondo state have demanded inclusion in the African Cocoa Agenda 2063…
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Rural Farmers Embrace Organic Fertilisers in the Face of Climate Change
Ms Elizabeth Ndako has been a smallholder farmer for many years. She grows grains and tubers in Patigi, Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara state. To boost her production, Ndako spends close to N300,000 on…
