The International Fund For Agricultural Development-Value Chain Development Programme, IFAD-VCDP, has signed a Memorandum Of Understanding with the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NIMET On Climate Change Adaptation, Sustainability and Improvement of Agriculture.
Speaking during the signing, National Coordinator IFAD, Garba Bala said the MOU is aimed at improving yields, mitigating the vagaries associated with climate change, as well as reducing the risk of crop failure.
Over the years, smallholder farmers and poor rural people bear the brunt of climate change and the degradation of natural resources. Extreme weather events, such as droughts, storms, and floods, are putting pressure on the ecosystems that farmers depend on.
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Crop failures and livestock deaths are causing economic losses and undermining the food security of rural people with ever-greater frequency, especially in Parts Of Nigeria.
The Director-General and Chief Executive Officer, NIMET, Professor Mansur Bako Matazu, said the synergy will promote climate-smart agricultural production, allow NIMET to have direct contact with the farmers as well as the change agents.
The key components of the MOU include prediction of floods, rainfall, rainfall variability, dry spells, and length of raining season for sustainable agriculture.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
