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02/08/2026

“The media is the bridge between science, society, and policy,” he said. “When journalists understand scientific information and simplify it, people can relate to it—and that’s when change begins.”

https://www.agroclimatenews.com/2026/08/01/feature-from-space-to-story-how-earth-observation-is-changing-climate-reporting/

02/08/2026

The Project Coordinator, Ibrahim Garba Muhammad Gama, said the event brought together milk producers’ associations, operators of milk collection centres, dairy companies, researchers, and extension workers to build stronger collaboration within the sector.

The Kano State Agro-Pastoral Development Project (KSADP) has organized a stakeholders’ engagement to link milk producers with off-takers, aimed at strengthening the dairy value chain and improving milk production across the state. The Project Coordinator, Ibrahim Garba Muhammad Gama, said the even...

31/07/2026

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27/07/2026

The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives in partnership with Green Africa Youth Organization has launched the in-person segment of the Africa Zero Waste Academy 2026, advancing efforts to build a new generation of practitioners equipped to tackle Africa’s growing waste and climate challenges.

The academy, now in its second year, is a flagship capacity-building initiative focused on equipping young climate leaders and waste professionals with practical tools to design localized zero waste systems. These systems are aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, generating green jobs, and safeguarding public health across communities.

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https://www.agroclimatenews.com/2026/07/27/africa-zero-waste-academy-trains-new-generation-of-climate-leaders-in-ghana/

27/07/2026

Many communities across Nigeria are battling with havoc wreaked by flooding despite N82.1 billion ecological fund allocated to the 774 local government areas of the federation in one year by the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC).

The ecological fund is earmarked for addressing flooding, droughts and other natural disasters that continue to plunge millions of poor Nigerians into humanitarian crises, including untimely deaths and mass displacement.

Daily Trust reports that the fund is shared monthly between state, local governments and the Federal Capital Territory.

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https://www.agroclimatenews.com/2026/07/27/flooding-questions-over-lgs-%e2%82%a682bn-ecological-fund/

14/07/2026

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO, has concluded a year-long capacity-building programme that equipped more than 100 fish farmers in Kano State with modern aquaculture, business management and data-driven farming skills.

The programme, tagged FISH4ACP Catfish Cluster Upgrading Programme, was implemented by Vetsark with support from FAO to strengthen fish farming clusters through technical training, group development and improved farm management practices.

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https://www.agroclimatenews.com/2026/07/14/fao-trains-over-100-kano-fish-farmers-to-cut-mortality-losses/

14/07/2026

The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening ties with France in efforts to transform Nigeria’s livestock industry, following a courtesy visit by a delegation from the French Development Agency (AFD) to the Ministry of Livestock Development’s headquarters in Abuja on Friday.

Receiving the AFD delegation, led by its Country Director for Nigeria, Jacky Amprou, the Minister of Livestock Development, Alhaji Idi Mukhtar Maiha, said the Agency had shown strong interest in supporting the Federal Government’s livestock transformation agenda, particularly President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s National Ranching Policy.

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https://www.agroclimatenews.com/2026/07/14/nigeria-afd-deepen-partnership-to-advance-livestock-sector/

14/07/2026

The Center for Dryland Agriculture (CDA) of Bayero University Kano (BUK), has trained journalist and equipped them with cutting-edge skills in Earth Observation technologies to improve reporting on climate change, disasters, and environmental sustainability.

The training, supported by international partners including the European Space Agency (ESA) and Future Earth, brought together media practitioners under a project titled “Achieving Transformative Flood Risk Management in Informal African Cities Using Demystified Earth Observation.”

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https://www.agroclimatenews.com/2026/07/13/cda-train-journalists-on-using-earth-observation-technologies-to-strengthen-climate-disaster-reporting/

12/07/2026

A powerful windstorm accompanied by torrential rainfall has left a trail of destruction across parts of Dutse, the Jigawa State capital, damaging an estimated 3,500 houses, crippling local businesses and exposing the growing vulnerability of communities to extreme weather events.

The storm, which struck on Saturday night, swept through Kwaimawa, Dan Masara, Rungumau, Takur Aduwa and several surrounding communities, tearing off rooftops, collapsing buildings and displacing hundreds of families.

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https://www.agroclimatenews.com/2026/07/12/exclusive-windstorm-devastates-jigawa-communities-destroys-3500-homes-disrupts-livelihoods/

12/07/2026

Farmers under the Bakalori Irrigation Scheme in Talata Mafara, Bakura and Maradun LGAs of Zamfara, have appealed for urgent government intervention as birds invaded their farms and destroyed crops.

The Chairman of the Bakalori Water Users Association, Malam Yakubu Yahaya, made the appeal while speaking to journalists in Talata Mafara on Thursday.

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https://www.agroclimatenews.com/2026/07/11/birds-invasion-devastates-250-hectares-of-farmland-in-zamfara-irrigation-farms/