Category: Climate Change
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ODD NEWS: Nigerians May Soon Be Importing Yams From China
According to Ernest Umakihe, the former Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), Nigerians may soon be importing yam for local consumption from China. He was speaking at a workshop with the theme “Prospects and Challenges of yam export in Nigeria”, and also added that it is the duty of…
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AGRIC: Nigeria’s Farmers Smile To The Banks As Cocoa Price Jumps x4
Over the past year, the price of cocoa has increased from about $2,300 to the current all-time high of $9,010 per tonne, at the New York Commodities Exchange. This, coupled with recent devaluation of Nigeria’s currency, the Naira, means that farmers are not just smiling, but grinning ear-to-ear all the way to the banks. The…
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INNOVATION: Nigerian Student Converts Sachet Water Waste To Kerosene & Diesel
24-year-old student Zaynab Bilyamin has successfully converted sachet water waste to kerosene and diesel. Ms Bilyamin, a student of the Department of Chemistry at the Federal University Dutse, Jigawa State, worked on the conversion as her undergraduate final year project. Her project topic was: “Conversion of Low-Density Polyethylene and Mixed Low-Density Polyethylene with Polyethylene Terephthalate…
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GLOBAL LENS: Ozone Layer On Track To Recover Within Decades
In rare good news for the planet, Earth’s ozone layer is on track to recover completely within decades, as ozone-depleting chemicals are phased out across the world, according to a new United Nations-backed assessment. The ozone layer protects the planet from harmful ultraviolet rays. But since the late 1980s, scientists have sounded the alarm about…
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NAIJA AGRIC: Reasons For Rising Prices Of Irish Potatoes
Massive Irish potato cultivation in Plateau State has made Nigeria the 4th largest producer in sub-Saharan Africa, but prices have risen sharply due to various factors. Plateau state is the number one producer of Irish potato in Nigeria, with the tuber currently being grown in 9 out of the 17 Local Government Areas of the…