Eugene Weekly

Building A Community

Many years ago, BriJit Jenkins was 17 years old, living in a tent, pregnant with her daughter and seemingly out of options.
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Moving Away from Illicit Crop Production Contributes to Socioeconomic Development, Peace and Stability

The United Nations General Assembly, in resolution S-20/4, adopted at its twentieth special session in 1998, defined “alternative development” as a process to prevent and eliminate the illicit ...
The Nation Newspaper

Illicit drugs: Marwa calls for national response, support for alternative development

Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd), has called for a strong national response and sustained support for the ...
The Mercury

Alternative Parkhouse plan — fewer homes, more open space — allowed to move forward

UPPER PROVIDENCE — Township supervisors voted 4-1 in a special meeting Thursday to allow an alternative proposal for the development of the 176.4 acres of land around the Parkhouse nursing facility to ...
LEADERSHIP Newspaper

NDLEA’s Alternative Development Project Offers Sustainable Livelihoods To Cannabis Growers —Marwa

The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brigadier General Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd), has said the agency’s newly launched Alternative Development ...
LEADERSHIP Newspaper

From Cannabis Farms To Agricultural Farms: The Story Of NDLEA’s Alternative Development Initiative

Worried by the continuous use of large expanse of lands for illicit drugs, especially for the use of cannabis cultivation, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) initiated a programme which ...