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Global list of all gmos that-are commercially approved released worldwide HERBICIDE TOLERANT GMOs S/N GMO USE LOCATION YEAR APPROVED /RELEASED 1 Alfalfa Animal feed USA 2005 2 Canola Cooking oilMargarine Australia 2003 Canada 1995 Emulsifiers in packaged foods USA 1995 3 Cotton Fibre Cotton seed oil Animal feed Argentina 2001 Australia 2002 Brazil 2008 Columbia 2004 Costa […]
[ad_1] Enugu – Enugu State Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has inaugurated the maiden rice seed multiplication farm, a brainchild of Enugu State Graduate Farmers (ESGF) group. Speaking on Friday in Enugu, Ugwuanyi said during the event that the presence of a rice seed multiplication firm to serve thousands of rice farmers in the state was overdue. […]
[ad_1] Alhaji Sabo Nanono The distribution of farm inputs was made by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Muhammad Nanono, at the Ministry’s Warehouse at Okene road, Lokoja in Kogi State as contained in a statement signed by the Director, Information, Theodore Ogaziechi, which include a variety of seeds; cashew, sesame, soybeans, and tomatoes. […]
[ad_1] The federal government says it is supporting smallholder farmers through their various associations and cooperatives with 38,142KG of improved cashew seeds for distribution to 3,798 of cashew farmers across the country. The Minister of Agricultural and Rural Development, Muhammad Nanono, stated this on Thursday when he flagged off an exercise in Kogi State. He […]
[ad_1] No fewer than 10,000 smallholder farmers in Sokoto State will get subsidised fertiliser from OCP Africa, a company engaged in production and global exportation of phosphate-based fertiliser in Nigeria. The firm’s Area Commercial Manager, Mr Adam Idris, made this known at the inauguration of the fertiliser subsidy programme in Wurno Local Government rea of […]
[ad_1] In June, global food commodity prices rose for the first time since the beginning of the year driven primarily by a ‘rebound’ in vegetable oils, sugar and dairy quotations, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said. It, however, said in the cereal and meat markets, most prices remained under downward pressure amid market […]
[ad_1] LAGOS – Farmers in the poultry and aquaculture industries in the country have continued to lament the effect of the lockdown occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic since March which according to them is having negative effects of their various businesses. Some of the farmers and investors also lamented the further closure of the hospitality […]
Seeing as it’s one of the world’s foremost agricultural producers and a highly advanced tech-based economy, it may come as something of a surprise to learn that Australia didn’t have an organized, membership-based industry group for agritech until a few months ago. The Australian Agritech Association formally launched in February this year, “to foster a […]
Access to vertical farming technologies is deepening and widening across the world, bringing down the costs and hassle of locally producing anything from Singapore strawberries to Arctic tomatoes. In Latin America, however, indoor vertical farms are still largely written off on a continent known for its abundant fertile soil and plentiful sunlight. Why need of […]
Last summer at a research lab on the outskirts of Cambridge, UK, I nervously rolled up my sleeve and tucked my hand deep into a tray of pulsing, writhing maggots. (Yes, keeping in touch with the future of farming is a mandate the AFN newsroom takes literally.) The tray — and all its wriggly inhabitants […]
Our mission at Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE: ARE) is to create and cultivate collaborative, innovation clusters that enable breakthroughs to advance human health and improve nutrition; this mission is now more important than ever. While the COVID-19 pandemic impacts each of us differently, we know that one of the most important actions we […]
[ad_1] LAGOS- Seasoned world class influencer and avid businessman, S Mordecai, better known as Mr. Plain, is of the opinion that agriculture has sustained the Nigerian economy despite the COVID-19 pandemic. According to him, “The Agricultural sector have been feeding the economy in the lockdown period. This is the time for people. both in the […]
[ad_1] Farmers in Ugbene Ajima community, Uzo-Uwani council area of Enugu State said they now live in fear due to incessant destructive activities of suspected herders on their crops as well as threat to their lives. A farmer from the Enugu community who gave his name as Edward Ugwu, said he lost over N500, 000 […]
[ad_1] …stakeholders suggest solutions Poultry farmers across the country are in pains as the sub-sector faces one of the toughest moments due to continued rise in the cost of raw materials, feeds, and concentrates. This is being compounded by the continued closure of the hospitality sector due to COVID-19. The cost of grains such as […]
[ad_1] The closured of hotels due to COVID-19 is affecting investors in the livestock subsector. The supply of chickens, eggs, beef and mutton to hotels, event centres, markets and other busy food outlets across the states have been severely impacted. Mr Rotimi Oloye, who has extensive investment in catfish production and serves as the National […]