Tag: #ProtectFarmers
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ZAMFARA NUJ URGES GOVERNMENT TO SUPPLY FERTILIZERS TIMELY, FOCUS ON AGRICULTURE TO TACKLE FOOD SHORTAGE
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Zamfara Council, has called on the state government to ensure timely distribution of fertilizers and farming inputs at subsidized rates to boost agricultural productivity. Speaking after the union’s congress in Gusau, Chairman Ibrahim Maizare and Secretary Ibrahim Gada emphasized the importance of agriculture in addressing food shortages facing the…
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CSOs CALL FOR TRANSPARENCY ON JBS-NIGERIA DEAL AMID RISING CONCERN ON INDUSTRIAL FARMING IMPACT
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) are demanding the Federal Government make public the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with JBS, the global meat giant, before the company begins operations in Nigeria. This came during a stakeholders’ workshop assessing the implications of industrial animal farming on Nigeria’s environment and local farmers. JBS, based in Sao Paulo with…
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NGO WARNS AGAINST GMOS IN NIGERIA’S FARMING, CALLS FOR SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS TO FOOD INSECURITY
The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) says bringing Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) into Nigerian farming is not the answer to the country’s food insecurity. Speaking at a hands-on agro-ecology training in Bakassi, HOMEF’s Joyce Brown stressed that GMOs threaten Nigeria’s food sovereignty since farmers can’t save or reuse GMO seeds and would become dependent…
