organic farming
2 Nov
The Regional Forum for Agroecology and Organic Agriculture in West Africa has harped on the need to scale up mobilisation of funds to
14 Oct
A forum, West Africa Agroecology Alliance and West Africa Organic Network (WAfrONet), in partnership with ECOWAS and ActionAid, Nigeria have concluded arrangements to bring together over 400 participants to brainstorm on food sovereignty in the West African sub-region.
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The 34 House of Representatives members who sponsored the bill to amend the 1999 Constitution to provide for a six-year single term for the president have resolved to reintroduce the bill. Rep. Ikenga Ugochinyere (PDP-Imo) said this in a statement in Abuja on Friday, following the rejection of the bill on Nov. 21 during plenary.…