{"id":72944,"date":"2025-08-12T16:07:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T16:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=72944"},"modified":"2025-08-12T16:07:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T16:07:18","slug":"nimet-aatf-seal-pact-to-strengthen-climate-resilient-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/12\/nimet-aatf-seal-pact-to-strengthen-climate-resilient-agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"NiMet, AATF Seal Pact to Strengthen Climate-Resilient Agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Omoniyi David<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), to advance climate-resilient farming in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement, signed Monday at NiMet headquarters in Abuja, will see both organisations develop climate-smart weather tools, train farmers, and promote technologies that strengthen agricultural value chains against climate change.<\/p>\n<p>NiMet Director-General, Prof. Charles Anosike, said the partnership would provide farmers with timely and accurate climate information.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor agriculture to be truly climate-resilient, access to reliable weather and climate data is essential.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This MoU allows us to combine our expertise with AATF to deliver impactful solutions,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>AATF Regional Director, Dr. Jean Tignegre, said the foundation\u2019s mission is to remove barriers preventing smallholder farmers from accessing modern technologies.<\/p>\n<p>He noted the collaboration would help farmers adapt to climate challenges while improving food security and livelihoods.<\/p>\n<p>The MoU covers climate-smart tools for women and youth-led agribusinesses, training in climate-smart farming, technical support in targeted areas, and joint funding proposals.<\/p>\n<p>It also establishes frameworks for transparent execution, joint planning, and mandate retention for both parties.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement runs until January 31, 2028, with an option for renewal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Omoniyi David &nbsp; The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), to advance climate-resilient farming in Nigeria. The agreement, signed Monday at NiMet headquarters in Abuja, will see both organisations develop climate-smart weather tools, train farmers, and promote technologies that strengthen agricultural value [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":72945,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,1717],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-weather"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72944","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=72944"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72946,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72944\/revisions\/72946"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}