par Richard | Sep 30, 2025 | Home Slider, Nigeria, Science, Ce que nous faisons
What happens when students leave their lecture halls and step into farms, boreholes, and villages? At Delta State University in Abraka, Nigeria, they found out. A community science training workshop, led by Dr. Ibrahim, the main resource person, moved science beyond...
par Richard | Sep 30, 2025 | Home Slider, Nigeria, Science, Ce que nous faisons
Across Nigeria, farmers face a hard choice. Chemical fertilizers boost yields quickly, but they are expensive and damage the soil over time. Organic manure is cheaper, safer, and eco-friendly—but many farmers doubt whether it can produce enough food. At the Delta...
par Richard | Sep 22, 2025 | Nigeria, Science
In Orhuwhorun, urbanization is closing in fast. Farmland is shrinking, but families still need to eat. To survive, farmers plant the same plots repeatedly, pouring on fertilizer in the hope of rescuing their crops. The result has been rising costs, declining yields,...
par Richard | Sep 21, 2025 | Home Slider, Nigeria, Science
On the farmlands of the Delta Steel Company (DSC) estate, harvests were shrinking year after year. Farmers tried everything they knew—chemical fertilizers, poultry droppings, even crop rotation—but the land seemed exhausted. Fertilizer costs rose while yields fell,...
par Richard | Sep 3, 2025 | Cases/PILIWA Members, Home Slider, Nigeria, Ce que nous faisons
Advocates for Community Alternatives (ACA), in partnership with the Public Interest Lawyering Initiative West Africa (PILIWA), is pleased to announce the inaugural edition of the ACA-PILIWA Moot Court Competition—open exclusively to law students from universities in...
par Richard | Août 20, 2025 | Home Slider, Nigeria, Science, Ce que nous faisons
When Paul Adjekota, a Science Fellow with Advocates for Community Alternatives (ACA), first visited Igbogidi in southern Nigeria, he noticed something alarming: boreholes drilled just a few feet from septic systems. Concerned about possible contamination, Paul shared...
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