Steps to Achieve ‘The Decade of Gas’ - NaijaAgroNet

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Nigeria is a study in contradiction. It has the largest proven gas reserve in Africa yet faces a significant challenge in providing access to gas for a majority of its citizens and businesses. On top of this, it occupies an unenviable position as one of the top seven gas-flaring countries in the world, according to the World Bank. The tale would be unbelievable if it was fiction.

Sadly, the reality is grim. Oil-producing companies burn off millions of cubic litres of natural gas during oil production. They use a fancy term, gas flaring, to describe it. It doesn't however take remove from the fact that the action, gas flaring, is a glaring waste of a wasting resource. It also impacts negatively on the environment, human health and the cost of gas. It needs to be stopped.

Compassion in World Farming optimistic about game-changing lab-grown meats - NaijaAgroNet

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Compassion in World Farming (CWF) has expressed optimism that the 2023 would be a game-changer for lab-grown meats, reports NaijaAgroNet.

The body in its 2023 forecast made available to NaijaAgroNet said that focus sharpened on alternatives to traditional meat to help address climate and biodiversity emergencies, is the reason behind their sharing innovations to watch out for in 2023.

Gavi scales up innovation in immunisation with INFUSE 2.0 - NaijaAgroNet

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The vaccine alliance known as Gavi, has scalled up innovation in immunisation with the debut of INFUSE 2.0, reports NaijaAgroNet.

This innovation systems worth $500m, about N227,530,000,000.00 billion, NaijaAgroNet gathered, would upgrade the world’s most in-need countries.

ActionAid urges immediate creation of Agriculture Emergency Fund - NaijaAgroNet

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ActionAid Nigeria has called for the immediate creation of a separate Agricultural Emergency Fund outside the 2023 budget for agriculture.

Mr Azubike Nwokoye, the Food and Agriculture Programme Manager of the organisation, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday.

Revealed: Two factors central to successful fortified rice in Nigeria - NaijaAgroNet

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Two factors have been revealed as central to the successful introduction of fortified rice in Nigeria, reports NaijaAgroNet.

This revelation was based on latest study tagged “Towards the adoption of rice fortification in Nigeria: Landscape Analysis Report” made available to NaijaAgroNet by the the World Food Programme and Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) Nigeria.