The Nigeria Association of Hydrological Sciences (NAHS) has sought for more collaboration with the Federal Government in tackling flood and drought in order to boost food production in the country.
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Vice President Kashim Shettima inaugurated the National Flood, Erosion, Drought, and Desertification Management Council (NFEDDMC) on Friday in a bid to tackle climate-induced disasters.
Niger State, one of Nigeria’s largest agricultural producers with 2.3 million hectares of viable farmland, is facing an unprecedented drought that began over a month ago.
Zambia, like many other countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, experienced El Niño weather conditions that caused…
World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that droughts and floods in southern Africa stemming from El Niño have left millions of people food insecure.
The President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo on Thursday announced that the country will import two million tons of rice by the end of this year due to the impending drought caused by El Nino.
The United Nations (UN) top relief official has warned of the worsening drought in the Horn of Africa region which…
The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) has been awarded a $24.6 million grant by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for the…
Northeast China’s Jilin Province is suffering from a drought which has affected 1.36 million hectares of crops, local authorities said…