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The Director General/CEO, National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr Rufus Ebegba has challenged Nigerian scientists to come out in their numbers and defend the usefulness of modern biotechnology to the growth and development of the country. Dr Ebegba threw the challenge during a keynote speech he presented at the 2nd SouthWest Agroecological Biosafety Awareness workshop […]
The Department of Cocoa Development in Cross River State says it is set to recover the N108.4 million rent from cocoa farmers to whom the state government leased out its cocoa estates. Mr Oscar Ofuka, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Cocoa Development, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar, […]
An amended Bill for an Act to enable the National Agriculture Seed Council (NASC) sanction seed fraudsters and erring seed companies in Nigeria has scaled through the second reading at the House of Representatives. The Bill is expected to criminalise sales or production of substandard seeds to farmers and end the practice where seed companies […]
In an efforts at boosting rice production in Nigeria a workshop on Business to Business on contract farming that will enhance stronger synergy was held in Makurdi, Benue state capital. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the workshop held at MT Square hotel along Geroge Akume road Makurdi, Chairman, Rice Value Chain Steering Group for […]
The Executive Director, Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI), Dr. Olufemi Oladunni, has reiterated the determination of the institute to reduce youth mobility caused by poverty, through training that will create jobs and business opportunities for them in the agricultural sector and in the rural areas. Declaring open a workshop for farmers in Kaduna […]
This week, HarvestPlus was named one of four finalists for 100&Change, a competition for a single $100 million grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The global challenge seeks bold solutions to critical problems of our time. After careful consideration, the MacArthur Foundation’s Board of Directors remains convinced HarvestPlus’ work provides a […]
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva has joined in calls for a renewed global commitment to zero tolerance for food loss and waste. The call was made at a high-level event at the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly that focused on tackling food loss and waste as a pathway to achieving Sustainable Development […]
A diet that includes plenty of colorful vegetables and fruits may contain compounds that can stop colon cancer and inflammatory bowel diseases in pigs, according to an international team of researchers. Understanding how these compounds work on a molecular level could be an initial step toward finding treatments for people with cancer, they added. “What […]
The Project Director, Cassava Adding Value to Africa (CAVA), Prof Kola Adebayo, has urged member-states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to expedite action on the construction of the Lagos-Abidjan Highway to boost regional agriculture and food export. This followed a report that the tender for the feasibility study of the planned […]
Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, will from Monday, September 25, play host to rural women farmers from more than 15 countries on the continent. Delegates are expected from Ghana, Senegal, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Burundi and Rwanda. Other countries expected to attend are; Kenya, Uganda, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Gambia, and Cameroun. ActionAid International is hosting the program […]
Taiwan has once again agreed to purchase a large share of U.S. wheat over the next two years, with most of it coming from Idaho, North Dakota and Montana. Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter and Taiwanese milling industry officials signed the $576 million agreement Wednesday at the Idaho Capitol in Boise following similar agreements being […]
In his renewed effort to boot agriculture, The Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi has notified the state’s House of Assembly of his plans to borrow N2.42 billion (£5 million) to purchase tractors for farming in the state. The governor made this known in a letter sent to the House at yesterday’s plenary and read by […]
China could import up to 20 million tonnes of corn a year, more than six times the current level, to meet a switch to greater use of ethanol in fuel, an analyst predicted on Thursday. Beijing plans to roll out a gasoline known as E10 – containing 10% ethanol – across the world’s largest car […]
All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Anambra State, Dr. Tony Nwoye, has hailed the state’s youths for supporting his candidacy. The politician pledged to reward their encouragement with youth empowerment policies. Among the policies for youth empowerment, Nwoye said, is to create at least 20,000 new jobs in the Agriculture sector. In a statement […]
Seventeen Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have taken the Federal Government to an Abuja Federal High Court over permits issued by the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) for genetically modified cotton and maize in the country. The groups in a statement by the Project Officer, Biosafety for Home of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Joyce Ebebeinwe, also asked […]