Theme – “Planet Ocean: Tides are changing”. About 97% of the earth’s water can be found in the ocean. The ocean is the primary source of protein for more than a billion people worldwide, contributing at least 50% of the planet’s oxygen production and housing the majority of its biodiversity. Not to mention, our economy …
World Food Safety Day June 7th 2023 Theme: “Food Standards save lives” To sustain life and advance good health, one must have access to adequate supplies of healthy food. Food borne illnesses are typically contagious or poisonous in nature and frequently difficult to detect with the naked eye. The causative agents are bacteria, viruses, parasites, …
Some of the major challenges hampering agricultural development in Sub Saharan Africa are Climate variability and change (CV&C), and limited access to reliable and timely information for farmers. The impact of climate variability has altered Nigeria’s rainfall and temperature regimes over the past decade; and the main victims of this disparity have been farm-household whose …
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Approximately 70% of the population are engaged in agriculture and it is therefore the mainstay of Nigerian economy nevertheless, agricultural productivity is declining rapidly. There are several challenges hampering the agricultural sector and the most pressing of all is climate change which poses threats to farmers’ productivity and income. Extreme Citizen Science in Agriculture (ECSAgri) …
EERC is a Non-Governmental Organization Based in Nigeria with Regional offices across East, West, South, Central and Southern Africa