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Enhancing Food Security & Livelihoods in Nigeria through Subsistence Farming

Written by Dr. Samuel Akpan Agriculture is the oldest profession known to man. From fishing to crop cultivation, animal rearing and game hunting, man has always deployed systems to keep livestock and grow plants for food, which is pivotal to …

Echinococcusis in Cats

First a short story Echinococcosis is a zoonotic disease of cats caused by a tapeworm parasite called Echinococcus species. The parasite has a scolex with four suckers and a double row of large and small hooks. A sexually mature Echinococcus …

World Wildlife Day 2020: Sustaining All Life on Earth

March 3rd of every year is set aside for the celebration of the diverse wild animals, fauna, and flora. It is also a day set aside to raise awareness about the importance of conservation of wild species both to man …

What to know about the first reported case of Coronavirus in Nigeria

The Nigerian Honourable Minister of Health has announced a confirmed coronavirus disease (COVID-19) case in Lagos State. “The case is an Italian citizen who works in Nigeria and returned from Milan, Italy to Lagos, Nigeria on the 25th of February …

Massive Anti-Rabies Campaign begins in Bayelsa State

Anti-Rabies Campaign kicked off in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State yesterday to curb the menace of Rabies disease in the State. The Regional Disease Surveillance Systems Enhancement (REDISSE) Project which is initiated by the World Bank and is being implemented by the …

Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in Nigeria: Current Realities and the Way Forward

Written by Dr. Samuel Akpan Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is a highly infectious viral disease of wild and domestic cloven-hoofed animals such as cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, and buffalos. It is characterized by fever, drooling of saliva, and appearance …

Introduction to One Health Advocacy and Mentorship (OHAM) Program

Background In the last decade and more, there has been an increasing upsurge of novel and existing infectious disease outbreaks in humans and animals both globally, nationally and locally in our communities. Notable among these include the zoonotic diseases Coronavirus, …

Cross River Gorilla – The World’s Rarest Great Ape

Type: Primates Diet: Fruits and Herbaceous Vegetation Average life span in the wild: 35-50 years Height: 1.4 – 1.75m Weight: 200 – 300 kg Scientific Name: Gorilla gorilla diehli Group name: Cross River gorilla Cross River Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli), …

Opportunity for an Agricultural Expert to consult for an E-commerce Pilot in Nigeria

Frontier Technology Livestreaming, an award-winning DFID program is looking for an independent technical expert in Agriculture to support the development of one of their latest pilots — Unlocking agricultural input markets through e-commerce. This pilot aims to test whether an …

Coronavirus case now confirmed in Egypt – The first in Africa

This article first appeared on Aljazeera Egypt has confirmed its first case of a deadly coronavirus that emerged in central China at the end of last year and has since spread to more than two dozen countries around the world. …

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