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Current Feed ContentNIGERIA: Cattails smother livelihoods of farmers and fishermen in Jigawa StateA species of cattail grass known locally as 'kachalla' is taking over river banks and farmlands around the Hadejia-Komadugu-Yobe wetlands in northern Nigeria’s Jigawa state, disrupting farming and fishing activities on which inhabitants rely. “Fishermen cannot fish in the river because it has been taken over by the grass,” Jigawa state environment commissioner Yusuf Mato told IRIN. “Kachalla has crippled economic activities, destroying not just fishing but farming as well”, he said. “They are... |
