Article: This past weekend, Nigeria
(have kids find on map) and Israel signed a Joint Declaration for Bilateral Cooperation on Agriculture. The purpose of this agreement is to help Nigeria learn from Israel's research-based technology-driven agricultural practices. Nigeria hopes that this will make food more secure and sustainable in Nigeria, boost productivity at all levels of the agricultural chain and improve knowledge about agriculture. It plans to pass information directly onto Nigerian farmers and businesspeople so they can put it to good use. Israel benefits because Nigeria is a large market for Israeli private sector companies. The two countries have cooperated for several decades.
Discussions:
- Describe how this deal helps both Israel and Nigeria.
- How do two countries sign a treaty/cooperation agreement? Go through the process on how this comes about.
- What are examples of things Israel can teach Nigeria? (Drip irrigation techniques, how to treat crops using natural methods (like tumeric); how to do cross-pollination of crops to naturally get rid of pests without using pesticides, etc.)
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