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African phosphorus summit to address global food security threat
07 Aug 2025 13:53 GMT
… an international summit in Ghana this September.
Phosphorus is … crisis that could jeopardize food security and water quality worldwide. … for Scientific Research in Ghana, and the Forum for … so farmers can improve food security and their own livelihoods.
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AfDB secures N3.4 trillion for agro-industrial processing in Nigeria
07 Aug 2025 19:07 GMT
The African Development Bank and its partners have mobilised $2.2 billion (about N3.4 trillion) to implement special agro-industrial processing zones in Nigeria.
Akinwumi Adesina, the outgoing president of AfDB, disclosed this in a paper presented at the …
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The Food Safety Story of Ackee
07 Aug 2025 11:01 GMT
For many Jamaicans, breakfast isn’t complete without the classic national dish: Ackee and salt fish, served with fried dumplings, green bananas, or roasted breadfruit.
For many Jamaicans, breakfast isn’t complete without the classic national dish: Ackee …
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AfDB secures $2.2bn for Nigeria’s agro-industrial boost
07 Aug 2025 15:58 GMT
Africa Development Bank (AfDB) and its partners have mobilized $2.2 billion (about ₦3.4 trillion) to implement special agro-industrial processing zones in Nigeria.
The outgoing President of AfDB, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, disclosed this in a paper presented at …
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AfDB secures $2.2bn for phase two of SAPZ in Nigeria
07 Aug 2025 12:31 GMT
Africa Development Bank (AfDB), in collaboration with partners, has mobilised $2.2 billion (about N3.4 trillion) to implement special agro-industrial processing zones (SAPZs) in Nigeria.
According to NAN, Akinwumi Adesina, the outgoing president of AfDB, …
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Wonderful Koce: How Nigeria can address its worsening environmental pollution crisis
07 Aug 2025 12:14 GMT
In November 2024, the Ogboinbiri community in Bayelsa state, in the oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria, suffered its fourth oil spill in three months. The incident polluted farmlands, streams, wildlife, and natural habitats that people rely on for …
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Gambian avian expert awarded highest alumni honor at Cornell's Vet College
07 Aug 2025 11:29 GMT
The award recognises exceptional service to the veterinary profession, communities, or the college itself. Jagne’s decades-long career has advanced veterinary public health on both local and global stages - from New York to sub-Saharan Africa - and …
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Sierra Leone – Cry the wounded country – Part Two
06 Aug 2025 22:16 GMT
… , say like Cocody in Ivory Coast, if it had been … may soon run out of drinking water in the capital city!
… whereas other capital cities in West Africa take five steps forward, … novelist, and journalist from Freetown, Sierra Leone. Educated in the United States …
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Food security: Tinubu has increased wheat production more than tenfold – Uzoma
06 Aug 2025 21:38 GMT
President Bola Tinubu is aggressively increasing agricultural production in Nigeria through strategic investment in production and post-production programs that have yielded positive results, according to award-winning Soil Scientist, Kingsley Uzoma, whose …
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AfDB secures N3.4trn for agro-industrial processing in Nigeria
07 Aug 2025 10:32 GMT
Africa Development Bank (AfDB) and its partners have mobilised 2.2 billion dollars (about N3.4 trillion) to implement special agro-industrial processing zones in Nigeria.
By Jacinta Nwachukwu
Dr Akinwumi Adesina, the outgoing President of AfDB disclosed …