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The United Nations projects that the global population will reach 9.8 billion people by 2050. The growing global population, coupled with increasing rural-urban migration, could add about 2.5 billion people
Of the ten countries considered most threatened by climate change globally, seven are in Africa. Given the recent devastations from flooding, droughts, desertification, and conflicts across the continent, African governments
Nigeria has the 4th largest cattle population in Africa, estimated at 20 million cattle, including 2.35 million cows used for dairy production. There is also evidence of cattle originally from
Technology has played a key role in driving major agricultural advancements in the West and in Asia over the last century. The Netherlands, for example, ranks as the second biggest
Africa prides herself as having one of the highest concentration of young people. By 2030, it is projected that the number of youth in Africa would have increased by 42%,
In Nigeria, the consumption of soybean has increased over the years driven by the poultry, fishery and edible oil industries. Between 2 According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),
In Nigeria, the consumption of soybean has increased over the years driven by the poultry, fishery and edible oil industries. Between 2012 and 2020, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture of
Tomato is widely cultivated across Nigeria. Smallholder farmers planting on between 0.5 and 4 hectares of land account for 90% of production, with the balance contributed by commercial producers (Sahel
Maize is the second most cultivated crop in Nigeria in terms of area harvested (5.8million Ha, second to Cassava’s 7.1 million Ha, FAOSTAT, 2014). Nigeria is the second largest maize