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[ad_1] The National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT) will in a short while begin evaluation of Hybrid plantain and banana germplasm for onward distribution to Nigerian farmers. In collaboration with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), the evaluation of the new varieties comprising plantain, dessert and cooking banana hybrids, delivered by IITA, is expected to […]
Africa is a major producer of cassava in the world, but many farmers are recording low yield per hectare (less than 10 tons per ha) due to poor weed management, wrong application of fertilizers, low knowledge of cassava agronomy, and the cultivation of poor quality seeds with low genetic potential. On the flip side, countries […]
Stakeholders present at the International Conference and Expo on Research and Innovations in Agriculture (ICERIA) have unanimously agreed that research and innovations in the agricultural sector is key to the nation’s economic development and that collaboration is essential to sustainable agricultural growth. In a communiqué issued at the end of the conference which brought together […]
The world 500 million years ago looked very different to today. The land was bare, with only bacteria, fungi and algae able to survive on it. Everything else lived in the ocean, but once plants moved onto land, they changed almost everything on Earth’s surface. They helped to create soils, rivers and the oxygen-rich atmosphere, […]
Prof. Mansour Moudachirou, the project supervisor of the embattled Director-General of the Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi, Chima Igwe, has revealed that Igwe has not completed his doctoral programme at the Universite Abomey-Calavi, Benin Republic. Moudachirou, in an exclusive interview with our correspondent, said a document he signed for Igwe in 2002 was just […]
The Director of the Development and Delivery Office of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr. Alfred Dixon, has called for multiple linkages and collaborations for the dissemination of agricultural research outcomes. He made the call recently while presenting his contract review seminar titled “Scaling up and scaling out of agricultural innovations at IITA […]
For the eighth time, the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has given a vote of confidence and commendation to the institute’s management under the leadership of its Director General, Dr. Nteranya Sanginga. Board Chair, Dr. Amos Namanga Ngongi, expressed great pleasure over the management and growth of IITA […]
The 2019 annual review and planning meeting of the African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) has come and gone but the memories and scenes are still lingering. The meeting, which can be described as an indaba of close to 80 experts: agronomists, breeders, social scientists, development partners, farmers and policymakers, provided an ample opportunity for reflection […]
Scientists, experts and scaling partners of the African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) are set for their 4th annual review and planning meeting. The aim is to discuss and unveil the progress made in cassava agronomy and how such efforts are addressing the low yield per hectare on farmers’ […]
A group of scientists, researchers, technology innovators and agribusiness owners have charged the government and those in the private sector to create a more robust partnership that will propagate research milestone and innovations in order to have an economically efficient agriculture sector. The group who converged at the International Conference and Expo on Research and […]
Executive Director, Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), Prof. Ibrahim Umar-Abubakar, confirmed on Tuesday the latest development in the institute as they just released 17 new improved crop varieties that are climate resilient. He revealed the good news at the recently commissioned Balarabe Tanimu Conference Hall, IAR, Zaria, Kaduna during the 2019 Annual Research Review and […]
While delivering a speech at the National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI), Badeggi, Niger State, Acting Executive Director of the Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI), Ilorin, Dr Patricia Pessu, talked about some of the solutions to the challenges facing agriculture as an occupation in Nigeria, as he suggested the need to fast-track agro-economic development and […]
The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Abuja Council has declared its stance by stating that it will welcome the opportunity to partner the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) in awareness by enlightening the general public on its plans towards ensuring the safety of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). Patrick Osadebamwen, who is the Vive Chairman of […]
Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Rufus Ebegba has issued a rallying cry out to Nigerians not to take serious the recent inciting comments made by a unanimous radio station in Abuja against the National Biosafety Management Agency and its activities. Ebegba released this statement during a press […]
By Jim Rex Lawson Moses Malnutrition occurs when the body doesn’t get enough nutrients. Causes include a poor diet, digestive conditions or another disease. According to World Health Organisation, WHO, malnutrition refers to deficiencies, excesses or imbalances in a person’s intake of energy and/or nutrients. The term malnutrition covers 2 broad groups of conditions. One […]