Luqman Adedeji Noibi, an agriculturist, a former special assistant on agriculture to ex-Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State and former General Manager,
UN Women, Standard Bank partner on climate-resilient agriculture for easy access to market information UN Women, Standard Bank partner on climate-resilient agriculture for easy access to market information
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Access to reliable data and market information is a critical tool in the drive to make Africa’s rural economies more equitable and sustainable, according to a panel discussion hosted by UN Women and Standard Bank.
Through their Climate Smart Agriculture programme, UN Women and Standard Bank are equipping women farmers in Africa with the skills and resources needed to grow their operations and succeed in a changing climate.In January 2019, the organisations partnered with the aim of empoweringmore than 50,000 women farmers in Malawi, Uganda, Nigeria and South Africa through modern and environmentally friendly farming technologies that increase yields and incomes across the value chain.
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Ondo State governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, has received a blueprint from the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) on how to reposition and stimulate economic growth, employment generation and an enduring food security through the state Agricultural Policy.
Apart from this, PIND also presented blueprint on how to turn around the Ondo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (OSOPADEC), to enhance effective delivery of its mandate.
Speaking while presenting the recommendations to governor Akeredolu, the PIND Executive Director, Dr. Dara Akala, said the Ondo State Agricultural Policy was done in collaboration with other development partners and the Ondo State Ministry of Agriculture.
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Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has launched a TakeApart Nigeria Report, titled “The Big Tobacco Allies – How tobacco companies use intermediaries to foster their corporate social responsibility initiatives and promote their image in Nigeria.”
The report which documents a series of instances where tobacco multinationals use intermediaries to foster their efforts to undermine implementation of the WHO FCTC, maps tobacco industry allies and exposes how tobacco companies use them to clean their image and grow their business.
The report, relying on surveys carried out by CAPPA across Nigeria with support from the African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA), exposes amongst others how tobacco multinationals undertake partnerships with the Nigerian government; how several entities organize events and implement programs that promote tobacco industry initiatives; how several entities provide technical and/or intellectual support to the tobacco indu