Following the climatic challenges facing the agricultural sector and the need to reduce greenhouse emissions, the Nigerian Agribusiness Group (NABG) has
Climate change and greenhouse gas emissions pose a nearly insurmountable conundrum for human beings, particularly the generations to come. While the entire world is pursuing decarbonisation efforts, the food industry, which the world relies on for basic survival, is the third-largest contributor to global warming, emitting greenhouse gases through conversion of natural ecosystems into agricultural land as well as transportation, processing and manufacturing activities. Livestock production and agricultural cultivation account for 40% of emissions of methane gas which is more than 80 times as potent as CO2 at warming the globe.
Participants at the Science and Partnerships for Agriculture Conference (SPAC) have asked the African Group of Negotiators to push for structural support for the sector at COP27 to be hosted in Egypt. They said the impacts of climate crisis on the continent’s food systems were enormous and contributing to hunger…