Agri Expert Advocates for Policies to Reduce Carbon Footprint and Combat Climate Change in the Agricultural Sector.
An Agri expert, Godwin Ehiabhi has advocated government at all levels to come up with agricultural policies that promote the reduction of carbon footprint, which can help avoid the bad heels that come with climate change.
Mr. Ehiabhi made the call during an interview with a splashfm news reporter while discussing how agriculture activities contribute to the increasing effect of climate change.
Mr. Ehiabhi who doubles as the senior project manager for the strengthening nutrition in priority staples in Oyo state noted that as Much as Agriculture activities have been traced to be a major contributor to the carbon footprint, he opined that the government can take a Que from Global Alliance for improve nutrition SNIPS initiative, by encouraging early maturing crop varieties that have the potential to boost the countries economy and also guarantee food security.
He said “We know that the impact of agricultural activities also contributes negatively to the carbon footprint we are seeing today. So we encourage promoting varieties that can promote the reduction of carbon , that can help avoid the bad heels that come with climate change.
For example, we promote drought-resistant crops This helps us in cases where we have dry spells. We also promote early maturing plant varieties so that Farner can quickly make back their money and also get the food they eat from what they have planted.”
In the same vein, he encourages farmers to make sure we use organic fertilizers and also promotes integrated pest management just to reduce the carbon footprint.
“We make sure we use organic fertilizers, we make sure that every fertilizer we give out, they are organic, and also promote integrated pest management just to reduce the climate-carbon footprint.”
The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition Strengthening Nutrition in Priority Staples (SNiPS) Project was launched in 2021, in partnership with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Green Innovation Centre for the Agricultural and Food Sector in Nigeria, with support from the German Government through the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The 5-year project is aimed at improving access and consumption of safe and nutritious foods in Nigeria, with a focus on four major priority staples: Cassava, Maize, Rice, and Potato. The project targets the four states of Benue, Kaduna, Nasarawa, and Oyo, and aims to bring forward innovations that contribute to smallholder farmer livelihoods and sustainable rural development.
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