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Ofoegbu Donald Ikenna, senior programme manager at the Sustainable Nigeria programme, and Heinrich Boell Stiftung Nigeria office, contributed to this article.
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“The EU has banned the use of several pesticides, and heavily restricted others. This is because of their potential health effects or environmental contamination, or because there is not enough data to be sure that they
