May 14, 2024

 

Training Report on the Production of biofertilizer-Nigeria

Context 

With over 70million hectares of arable land, Nigeria fertilizer demand stands at over 6 million tonnes each year,  with a reported 63% increase annually. Nigeria represents the largest fertilizer market in the ECOWAS region,  accounting for up to 45% and imports most of its fertilizer. An average of over $100 million is expended each year  importing fertilizer.

Nigeria Climate Action Solar Dryer Report

Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) implementation through enterprise actions for demand and market driven transitions to the low Emissions Development pathway in Nigeria. 

Nigeria is the 55th most vulnerable1country and the 22nd least ready country. It needs investment and  innovations to improve readiness and a great urgency for climate action. Having ratified the Paris Climate  Change Agreement,

Offshoots from Nigeria EBAFOSA Inter Agency Policy Taskforce

Introduction: On 19th April 2018, the Nigeria EBAFOSA Inter Agency Policy Taskforce was launched at the board room of the Federal Ministry of Budgets & National Planning – which hosts and chairs this taskforce. The co-chairs are the Federal Ministries of Environment and Agriculture.

Offshoots from EBAFOSA Nigeria National Day of Climate Resilience Food Security and Innovative Volunteerism

On 24th November 2017, EBAFOSA Nigeria commemorated their 1st National day of Climate Resilience & innovative volunteerism with objectives to take stock of progress made in the past year and leverage it to promote EBAFOSA as the priority initiative that will accelerate socioeconomic transformation in Nigeria through the implementation of Nigeria’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) commitments under the Paris Agreement.

Download the Nigeria Action Plan from the link below

 Under the auspices and patronage of the Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Ministry of Budget and National Planning, the Nigeria   EBA for Food Security Assembly  National Branch  was  launched on 18th March 20146.  Organized Unions and labor played a critical role in supporting this launch as well as the government, international organization like UNDP, FAO, private sector and individual citizens. The Federal Government has praised organized stakeholders for its role in the launch and assured its committed support to ensure EBAFOSA gets rollout across the entire country.

UN Environment Ecosystems Based Adaptation for Food Security Assembly – EBAFOSA

Logic and Operational Modalities of EBAFOSA and how it is helping to implement UN Environment work.

NIGERIA UPDATES: INNOVATIVE VOLUNTEERISM INSPIRING THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF CLIMATE ACTION IN NIGERIA

Climate change threatens to affect most economies in Africa. It threatens Nigeria with a 25% per hectare reduction in crop productivity in the tomato production areas, threating livelihoods of over 200,000 farmers and an entire supply chain of enterprises they serve.

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