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Nigeria’s pesticide crisis is poisoning farmers, food and the future

By Donald Ikenna Ofoegbu A new regional study has delivered another disturbing warning about Nigeria’s pesticide crisis: approximately 69 per...

How shrinking Lake Kainji is disrupting irrigation farming in Kebbi State

For generations, Lake Kainji has sustained farming communities across Kebbi State, providing the water that made year-round irrigation and...
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From ‘Food Basket’ to Flight: Farmer-herder conflict, killings, forcing Benue communities to migrate (II)

By Babatunde TITILOLA Read first part here IN December 2023, the Executive Secretary of the Benue State Emergency Management Agency, James...

Nigeria food security struggle: gender gaps, disasters take toll

AGNES Aynadanyi has farmed maize in Gurara Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State for years, navigating the familiar...
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On paper, Jigawa fertiliser programme looks good, but shuts out women farmers 

AT the start of every planting season in Ringim Local Government Area (LGA), Jigawa State, hope rises with the...

Infrastructure gaps cripple cassava farmers, increase post-harvest losses in Anambra

IN this report, The ICIR chronicles the impact of infrastructure gaps on cassava production in Anambra State and how...
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