Indiscriminate use of pesticides: Changing the narrative
In what has become alarming, the use of pesticides by farmers in Nigeria has over the years increased tremendously to about 41 per cent.
In what has become alarming, the use of pesticides by farmers in Nigeria has over the years increased tremendously to about 41 per cent.
…States that continued usage will result in financial loss, health damage, and stigma.
A Non-Governmental Organization, Chen Education and Development Empowerment (CEDE) has called for legislation to control the production of extremely harmful pesticides in Nigeria.
…States that continued usage will result in financial loss, health damage, and stigma.
In 2013, twenty-three school students in Bihar, India, died within minutes after eating a meal of rice and potato curry as part of a lunch program against malnutrition.
Nigerians are dying every day with every meal we consume. Are you shocked? I was as shocked as you are right now when I found this out recently.