And one of the main reasons for low yield compared to other regions is that African countries, on average, use far less fertilizer to boost their agricultural production than the rest of the world. In 2020, the continent’s use of synthetic fertilizer—containing the three essential plant nutrients nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium—was only around 26 kilograms per hectare of cropland.
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“Mangroves provide protection against storms, erosion, and flooding, sources of food and timber, improved water quality and carbon sequestration,” UNEP points out,
ASHENEWS reports that the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says that climate change is disproportionately affecting the incomes of rural women, people living in poverty, and older populations.
In a recent announcement, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) have…
ASHENEWS reports that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has criticized the volume of climate finance flows globally.
ASHENEWS reports that the global roadmap released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) says that an estimated 590.3 million will suffer hunger by 2030.
From time immemorial, agriculture was Nigeria’s economic mainstay, however, overtime, agriculture has been relegated to the background for obvious reasons, it’s on record that Nigeria’s endowment with vast natural resources of arable land from the stretch of savanna grassland, the dense swamp and rainforest, the untapped and unhannessed abundant quantities of solid minerals almost all over the country have either been misused or put to abandonment over the years.
The Green Climate Fund (GCF), and the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) have launched a $100 million financing initiative to support ongoing efforts to improve food security in Africa and make the continent the world’s major food producer.
The Nigerian government has disclosed that the country’s food importation increased by 80% between 2019 to 2023.
The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and the Ministry of Environment are partnering to recover 350,000 hectares of degraded landscapes for environmental sustainability in the country.