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Smart Farming: A Pathway for Food Security in Nigeria

 Smart Farming: A Pathway for Food Security in Nigeria By Prof. M. K. Othman The world population in 2024 is slightly less than 8.2 billion from the population of 2.5 billion in 1952, a wolfing increase of 5.7 billion people over 72 years. This analysis is made from the information obtained from Worldmeters (http://www.worldometers.info/). The Worldometers is one of the respectable organizations that presents estimated world population based on statistics and projections from the most reputable official organizations such as the United Nations Population Division, World Health Organization (WHO), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International Monetary Fund (IMF), and World Bank. Population in the world is growing at around 0.87% per year in 2024 (from 0.88% in 2023 and down from 0.97% in 2020 and 1.05% in 2019). The current population increase is estimated at around 71 million people per year, with an estimated population of 9.6 billion people in 2050. Many countries have a...

Gender Agenda: Woman as a Vanguard of Change in Society

 Gender Agenda: Woman as a Vanguard of Change in Society By Prof MK Othman Is a man more powerful than a woman? A woman with a sound anatomic physique, high physiological provocative, and sensitive intellectual inertia can be a conqueror and vanguard of societal change. God has made the world to be that of a woman for her to pick, use, and abuse. This is a woman's world to the envy of a man. What is the reasonable request of a woman that a man can deny? More than two decades ago, the government-ASUU crisis was stalemated. A female catalyst was added to the "chemical" formula. The problem was resolved in no time - ASUU, the government, and the nation were all happy as several milestones were attained for good. ETF, now TETFUND, is one of the products of that crisis resolution that still benefits society. My 13-year-old daughter peeped through my window and requested my audience in the early hours of the day, which I reluctantly granted. She entered my room profusely weepin...