by Ban Ki-moon & Patrick Verkooijen | Global Center on Adaptation Picture above credit: A farm worker manually irrigates a salad field, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Thies, Senegal, June 3, 2020. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra We need to bridge Africa’s data gap to strengthen food, health and economic security, and overcome a Read More…
Tag: Agriculture
Lagos to establish N10bn aquaculture centre, empowers 2,743 farmers
The Lagos State Government is to establish N10 billion Lagos Aquaculture Centre of Excellence (LACE) in Igbonla, Epe, under a Public\Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement. The state Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, gave the assurance on Tuesday at the distribution of agricultural inputs and productive assets to 2,743 farmers under the 2020 Agricultural Value Chains Empowerment Programme. Read More…
LCCI seeks regional collaboration on agriculture
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) says collaboration by South-West states, with a renewed focus at unveiling viable and sustainable investment opportunities in the agribusiness value chain, is critical to national economic diversification and self-reliance. The LCCI President, Mrs Toki Mabogunje, stated this on Saturday at a webinar, organised to unveil viable agribusiness Read More…
Lagos unfolds projects to shore up food security status to 40%
The Lagos State Government has unfolded various agricultural projects to shore up food security status and ensure sustainability. The state Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Gbolahan Lawal, made the disclosure on Thursday while rendering accounts of activities undertaken by the ministry in the last one year. The event was to commemorate the first year anniversary of Read More…