10yrs: Food for All Africa launches black soldier fly legacy project - NaijaAgroNet

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Food for All Africa, West Africa's largest food recovery and redistribution organization, marked a major milestone yesterday, celebrating 10 years of dedicated service in addressing food insecurity and reducing food waste and poverty across Ghana. 

The celebration was highlighted by the launch of an innovative Black Soldier Fly Legacy Project, a circular economy initiative designed to convert organic food waste into sustainable animal feed and organic fertilizer.

Devastating consequences of unbranded cooking oil - NaijaAgroNet

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Preamble:
Itunu Ahaoda's life was turned upside down when her husband, John, was diagnosed with a severe heart condition at a Lagos hospital last year. 

The news was a shock to the family, and Itunu was determined to do everything in her power to help her husband recover.

Energy Forum gets Shell's commendation - NaijaAgroNet:

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The Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Ltd (SNEPCo,) has commended the Oloibiri Lecture Series and Energy Forum (OLEF), for driving change in Nigeria’s energy sector, reports NaijaAgroNet.

OLEF is notable for driving change through discussions that focus on business performance, cost discipline and process simplification.

Ocean economy hits trillions, as environmental alarms sound - NaijaAgroNet

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The global ocean economy has surged to a record $2.2 trillion in exports, driven by a diverse range of industries beyond traditional fishing and shipping, reports NaijaAgroNet.

According to a new set of data released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and available to NaijaAgroNet, this rapid growth is accompanied by growing concerns over the health of the world's oceans, with experts warning of escalating threats from climate change, pollution, and overfishing.

CBA19 registration opens, inspiring global action - NaijaAgroNet

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The registration is live for CBA19! The 19th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA19) will take place from 12-16 May in Recife, Brazil. The CBA conference series aims to bring together a community of practitioners that are collectively seeking to enable community-driven climate action. We’re very excited that the conference is coming to Latin America for the first time!

The overarching conference question will be: how can we achieve just and equitable adaptation? 

Naija cuisine: Beans as nutritious food, its significance - NaijaAgroNet

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Beans as a nutritious food and its significance in Nigerian cuisine, reports Nkem Nweke, for your Sunday delight and specially at this era.

Humble bean: A Nigerian staple:

In the heart of Lagos, Nigeria's bustling metropolis, you'll find a steaming pot of beans in almost every household.

GoMed expands to Benin City, PH, Gombe, reaffirms commitment healthcare delivery - NaijaAgroNet

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Nigeria's leading online pharmacy platform, is excited to announce its expansion to three new cities: Benin City, Port Harcourt, and Gombe. This expansion aligns with GoMed’s commitment to solving the critical issue of medication scarcity by ensuring that Nigerians, regardless of location, can easily access their needed medications.

With a mission to make trusted healthcare solutions accessible across Nigeria, GoMed collaborates exclusively with reliable local pharmacies licensed by the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria. 

Road to Kampala 2025: Why ECONSA plans preparatory meeting - NaijaAgroNet

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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Non-State Actors (ECONSA) has given reasons for its preparatory meeting slated on Friday, January 3, 2025, reports NaijaAgroNet.

The meeting, NaijaAgroNet gathered will be in readiness for the Extraordinary Summit on the Post Malabo Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) mid-January in Kampala, Uganda.

A missed opportunity: why COP29’s broken promises will leave billions behind - NaijaAgroNet

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As the dust settles after COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, IIED’s executive director Tom Mitchell reflects on a ‘squandered opportunity’ to address the climate emergency and calls for reform of the COP process, to ensure adaptation and loss and damage finance reach those who most need it.COP29 in Baku will be remembered as a squandered opportunity to turn promises of climate action into reality. Despite being framed as the 'Finance COP', the outcomes reveal a deepening chasm between rhetoric and action.

The failure of wealthier nations to provide meaningful adaptation finance or pathways to resilience for the most climate-vulnerable countries is devastating, especially when action on emissions has fallen short and the price tag of dealing with the impacts is rising steeply.

Biodiversity and climate action @Colombian Pacific: The Green businesses - NaijaAgroNet

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It’s the crack of dawn. Magnolia Ordoñez leaves in a small boat along with her husband - the captain- and her colleagues— all women. Their task: to find and collect pianguas, a type of saltwater clam, that lives buried within the roots of mangrove trees in the Pacific region of Colombia.

Reaching the pianguas is no easy endeavour. They must find the right place to anchor, always a different spot from their last harvest, to ensure sustainability. Magnolia then jumps overboard, climbs a wall of mud and walks as far as possible into the mangrove forest, jumping and weaving through long roots. She lights incense to ward off mosquitoes and takes a moment to sing to the mangroves, thanking them for the food they provide. Then, she wades through the mud, sometimes reaching above her knees, to carefully dig up the clams. With each piangua she unearths, she checks its size and takes only the mature ones. This labour-intensive process is a race against the rising tide.

MMS: What CS-SUNN told Lagos media - NaijaAgroNet

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BEING A PRESS STATEMENT DURING A MEDIA ENGAGEMENT FOR IMPROVED REPORTAGE ON THE UPTAKE OF MULTIPLE MICRONUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTS (MMS) FOR ANAEMIA PREVENTION AND CONTROL IN NIGERIA HELD IN LAGOS STATE ON 26TH NOVEMBER 2024

I warmly welcome you to this media engagement, as we convene with a unified goal; to address the urgent and escalating challenge of maternal and child malnutrition, focusing particularly on anaemia; a preventable, yet prevalent cause of maternal and child mortality.

WFD 2024: Makinde reveals 'what we're doing to boost food security' - NaijaAgroNet

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The Oyo State Governor, 'Seyi Makinde, has declared that his government will not relent in its effort to boost food security and safe functioning of the food supply chain in the state.

He maintained that the government has taken several steps to promote agriculture and ensure food security in the state, including providing support to thousands of smallholder farmers and farmers' associations.

Oil & Gas flaring: NOSDRA, SDN partnership to enhance environmental stewardship - NaijaAgroNet

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The National Oil Spill Detection Response Agency (NOSDRA) and Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN), a non-governmental organization with its headquarters in the United Kingdom have expressed their firm commitment to consolidate on the gains of their ongoing partnership in the interest of clean and sustainable environmental management in Nigeria’s petroleum industry.

This assurance was given on Wednesday when the Executive Director of SDN, Adam Heal, and his team paid a courtesy visit to the Director-General/Chief Executive of NOSDRA, Engr. Chukwuemeka Woke, in the agency’s headquarters in Abuja.

FAO hosts global conference on animal health innovation, reference centres - NaijaAgroNet

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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Monday, opened its first-ever Global Conference on Animal Health Innovation, Reference Centres and Vaccines, aimed at tackling animal diseases costing the world hundreds of billions of dollars annually and posing a threat to human health, global food security and livelihoods.

“The productivity and resilience of livestock systems worldwide are threatened by infectious diseases, emerging pathogens, endemic disease burdens, and climate change,” FAO Chief Scientist ad interim Beth Crawford said in opening remarks. Addressing these challenges calls for “a united effort, leveraging our collective expertise and resources,” she said.

Protecting family farming in Guinea: A successful advocacy journey - NaijaAgroNet

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Guinea recently adopted the country’s first agricultural policy law, which now needs to be implemented. This follows four years of consultation and advocacy, during which Guinean civil society has actively engaged with the government in the drafting of that law. Aïssata Yattara and Macky Bah reflect on how the law’s inclusion of grassroots’ and national stakeholders’ key concerns represents a decisive step towards protecting and promoting family farms, and tackling land grabbing in the country.

The Guinean government tends to favour large-scale intensive agriculture. This means opening up the agricultural sector to foreign capital, often to the detriment of family farming, which supports nearly 70% of the population and supplies two-thirds of local markets to meet food needs.

Rotary club commissions borehole @Oremeji-Oshodi - NaijaAgroNet

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The Rotary Club of Ikeja has commissioned a borehole at the Oremeji community Adeyemi-Arowojobe Community Development Association (AACDA)(AACDA) in Oshodi-Lagos State, reports NaijaAgroNet.

Rotary International comprises members imbibed with the spirit of humanitarianism are giving freely their talent, their treasure and their time to the needy in the society. This project has alleviated the pains of the masses by the President of the District who attracted the project to the residents having seen what his residents go through in trying to buy water from shylock water sellers.

Making of visionary dairy farmer, Josephine Kimonyi - NaijaAgroNet

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Madam Josephine Kimonyi before moving to a small village in southeast Kenya called Ngumu, was busy working and raising her five children in urban Nairobi. 

Then realized she, wanted more for her family than the city could provide. Determined to make a change, Josephine took a leap into farming. Excerpts courtesy Gate Foundation.

A Kenyan entrepreneur finds promise in a special breed of cow—and makes a bold investment.

WED'24 employee session: Airtel promotes plastic reduction - NaijaAgroNet

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Leading telecommunications network, Airtel Nigeria marked World Environment Day by hosting an insightful session aimed at educating employees on the practice of tackling plastic pollution. The event was held on Tuesday, 4th May, 2024, at Airtel Head office, Banana Island, Lagos.

Chief Executive Officer at Airtel Nigeria, Carl Cruz, represented by Director, Corporate Communications and CSR, Femi Adeniran, stated in his introductory remark that Airtel believes in leading by example, and has taken deliberate measures to ensure that the organization promotes a healthy environment.

WWFN: Sea ruling law, milestone on climate and ocean action - NaijaAgroNet

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The World Wide Fund (WWF) strongly supports the new Advisory Opinion published by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, which for the first time at a global level defines the legal obligations of states to act on climate change to protect marine ecosystems.

These obligations arise under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, to which 164 UN member states and the EU are parties.

Technologies to safeguard plants in 21st century - NaijaAgroNet

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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), has involved scientific approaches, innovation, and the latest technologies on plant production and protection, reports NaijaAgroNet.

This, NaijaAgroNet gathered includes supporting governments to conserve plant genetic resources and develop viable seeds and stress-resistant crop varieties to increase crop productivity.