FG pledges climate-smart livestock production as Nigeria launches NDC 3.0

From Godwin Tsa, Abuja
The Federal Government has pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions from the livestock sector and strengthen its resilience to climate change, as Nigeria begins implementing its Third Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC 3.0).
Minister of Livestock Development, Idi Mukhtar Maiha, made the pledge on Thursday at the launch of NDC 3.0 and the inauguration of the National Steering Committee for the implementation of the NDC and Net-Zero Investment Plan.
Maiha described livestock as central to food security, employment, poverty reduction and economic growth.
He warned that “rising temperatures, droughts, floods, water scarcity, pasture degradation and shifting ...