{"id":68918,"date":"2025-06-24T10:53:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T10:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=68918"},"modified":"2025-06-24T10:53:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T10:53:59","slug":"nafdac-begins-awareness-campaign-on-safe-use-of-agricultural-chemicals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/24\/nafdac-begins-awareness-campaign-on-safe-use-of-agricultural-chemicals\/","title":{"rendered":"NAFDAC Begins Awareness Campaign on Safe Use of Agricultural Chemicals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has launched an intensive awareness campaign to educate users and vendors on the safe handling of agricultural chemicals, especially as the rainy season sets in.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign is designed to promote the proper use, storage, and disposal of agrochemicals, while also informing sellers about the dangers of stocking counterfeit products and the importance of sourcing quality and registered items.<\/p>\n<p>NAFDAC stressed the need for chemicals to be stored and displayed away from direct sunlight and heat, which can compromise their effectiveness and safety.<\/p>\n<p>Vendors are also urged to educate buyers on following label instructions to ensure safe usage.<\/p>\n<p>To ensure wide reach, NAFDAC will collaborate with the Bauchi State Ministry of Information and use various platforms, including radio stations, to reach rural farmers and local markets.<\/p>\n<p>According to the agency, the goal is to prevent health hazards linked to the misuse of pesticides and fertilizers and to foster safer agricultural practices across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative builds on previous sensitization campaigns, including one held at the Soro Weekly Market in Ganjuwa Local Government Area, and a stakeholder meeting with the Forum of Agrochemical and Pesticide Dealers in Bauchi on product registration and compliance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke &nbsp; The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has launched an intensive awareness campaign to educate users and vendors on the safe handling of agricultural chemicals, especially as the rainy season sets in. The campaign is designed to promote the proper use, storage, and disposal of agrochemicals, while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":68919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[184,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68918"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68920,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68918\/revisions\/68920"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}