FG targets livestock emissions, warns climate change threatens food security

From Godwin Tsa, Abuja
The Federal Government has pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from livestock production and protect farmers’ livelihoods from worsening climate threats as Nigeria begins implementing its Third Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC 3.0).
Minister of Livestock Development, Idi Mukhtar Maiha, said rising temperatures, droughts, floods, water scarcity and pasture degradation were threatening animal health, productivity and the stability of livestock value chains.
He spoke yesterday 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 said the livestock ...