As anyone working with smallholder farmers knows, two of the biggest challenges are getting farmers to commit to Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) and securing sources of sustainable micro-finance.

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Climate change and its pronounced effects have greatly disfranchised the livelihoods of aquafarmers. To leverage these negative effects of climate change, climate-smart aquaculture (CSA) practices have been developed for adoption by farmers. However,...

The study investigated the effects of climate variability on yield of maize, yam, and cassava in South east Nigeria and the role of agricultural extension on climate variability mitigation and adaptation measures Secondary and primary data were used....

This essay investigates the connection between Nigerian food security and agricultural education curricula. The study explores the importance of incorporating agricultural education within the formal education system with an emphasis on Nigeria in or...

Twelve varieties of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L) were evaluated for yield and yield components in a randomized complete block design replicated three times at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike in 2020 and 2021. Data were collected...

Every human being needs food to survive. The increase in the human population in Nigeria as a result of increase in birth rate has necessitated the need for increase in food production. Therefore, agriculture which is primarily concerned with the cul...

This study investigates the trend in Rainfall Onset Dates (ROD), Rainfall Cessation Dates (RCD), Length of Growing Seasons (LGS) and Rainfall Amount at Onset of Rainfall (RAO) using linear regression, Mann-Kendall, Sen Slope and Hurst Exponent for fo...

In parallel to the UNCCD COP14, held in New Delhi in September 2019, IFAD, with support from GEF and in collaboration with the Resilient Food Systems PCU, held a side event entitled “Fostering an integrated approach for sustainable land management in...

This is the twelfth update of the Monitoring food security in food crisis countries and territories with conflict situations, a twice-yearly report on the food crisis in countries and territories where conflict and insecurity are primary drivers...

This Climate Change policy updates the 2017 version, aiming to guide the organization’s response to a worsening climate crisis. It focuses on WFP’s climate-specific and climate-relevant action in the context of chronic and acute food insecurity, with...

This study investigates the emergence and impacts of digital agricutural platforms in Kenya, using Twiga Foods as a case study.