The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission has taken a significant step towards addressing youth unemployment in the region by donating $2,238,000 to ten agricultural research centres. This initiative is part of the Regional Strategy for Youth Employment in Agricultural Value Chains, aimed at equipping young people with the necessary skills to participate…
The Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) project has made significant progress in restoring degraded land in Nigeria. The project has successfully rehabilitated 160,000 hectares of hitherto degraded land in different parts of the country. The project aims to address land degradation and climate change across 19 states in Northern Nigeria and the Federal Capital…
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is set to invest $1 billion in Nigeria’s agribusiness sector through its Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) program. This initiative aims to promote agricultural value chains, from food production to processing, value addition, packaging, and market supply. According to AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina, “Nigeria should have bold programmes and policy…
