Naturally Occuring Hazards: Aflatoxin Aflatoxin is a naturally occurring mycotoxin produced by three types of mold: Aspergillus flavus‚ Aspergillus parasiticus‚ and Asperilligus nomius (more rare). Aspergillus flavus is common and widespread in nature and is most often found when certain grains are grown under stressful conditions such as drought. The mold occurs in soil‚ decaying vegetation‚ hay‚ and grains undergoing microbiological deterioration and invades all types of organic substrates whenever
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INTRODUCTION The Niger Delta of Nigeria is among the richest deltas in the world. Other major deltas are either famous for crude oil and natural gas (Amazon in Brazil‚ Orionoco in Venezuela‚ Mississippi in the U.S.A.‚ Mahakarn in Indonesia) or grow mainly rice (e.g. Indus in Pakistan‚ Ganges in Bangladesh‚ Mekong in Vietnam). The Niger Delta however has huge oil and gas reserves and ranks as the world’s sixth largest exporter of crude oil and the second largest producer of palm oil‚ after Malaysia
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Desertification in Niger World Regional Geography Desertification in Niger is a very progressive threat that is affecting not only the nation but also other neighboring regions along the Sahel. The Director of the National Department of the Environment in Niger said at the Direct Seeding seminar in Zinder that 250‚000 hectares (roughly 618 acres) are being lost each year in Niger through desertification (Eden et al‚ 1994). Desertification is the degradation of land in arid‚ semi-arid‚ and
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Ocean in the vessels of merchant mariners. Major trade between Islam and Africa started around the turn of the millenium. trade routes were long established‚ such as Gao‚ a terminus of caravan routes across the Sahara that offered access to the Niger River valley‚ which was a flourishing market for copper‚ ironware‚ cotton‚ salt‚ and grain. The principal state of west Africa at the time was the kingdom of Ghana. Integration onto trans-Saharan trade networks brought enormous wealth and considerable
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INTRODUCTION Trade across the Sahara goes back at least one thousand years before the beginning of our period- perhaps many thousands of years. People often speak and write of ‘Africa South of the Sahara’ as if the Sahara was a frontier that divided Africa. On the contrary‚ the Sahara‚ at all periods‚ has provided highways for Africans to cross; it is more of a bridge than a barrier‚ even though there is a sharp drop both in altitude and life-supporting conditions from the Atlas into the Sahara
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Tuareg PRONUNCIATION: TWAH-reg LOCATION: Saharan and Sahelian Africa (mostly Niger‚ Mali‚ Algeria‚ Libya‚ and Burkina Faso) POPULATION: About 1 million LANGUAGE: Tamacheq RELIGION: Islam‚ combined with traditional beliefs and practices 1 • INTRODUCTION The Tuareg are an Islamic African people. They are classified as seminomadic ‚ meaning that they travel with their herds on a seasonal basis but also have a home area where they grow some food crops. The Tuareg are best known for the men’s practice
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The traditional homeland of the lgbo people lies in the south-eastern region of Nigeria. The geographical location of Igboland lies between the great River Niger and Cross Rivers State‚ with the Ibibio‚ Ijo‚ Igala‚ Idoma‚ and Edo as their neighbours. The ancient settlement at Igbo-Ukwu in Eastern Nigeria was an outpost for West African’s long-distance trade routes‚ one of which was the Trans-Saharan trade routes. The main items traded were gold‚ slaves‚ salt‚ cowry shells (the major unit of currency)
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ECOSOC study guide Committee: Economic and Social Council Issue: Food security and agricultural development in the Sahel region Student Officer: Rain Yang I. Committee Information ECOSOC was established by UN Charter body that coordinates with economic and social‚ 14 specialized agencies‚ 9 functional commissions and 5 regional commissions. With 54 members serve as central forum and discussing about the world’s economic‚ social and environmental challenges. This committee is responsible
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Timbuktu‚ perched on the edge of the Sahara desert is a bleak and impoverished city. However‚ thousands of visitors come here every year‚ most of them through the Niger River by boat from Mopti. Djenne‚ one of the most renowned centers of Islamic learning‚ is also one of the oldest cities in SSA. It is located in the floodplains of the rivers Niger and Bani‚ a little over 300 kilometers southwest of Timbuktu (Raheem‚
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