Monthly Archives: February, 2015

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Why GMOs are not solution to food production

Every January and for almost two decades GM crop proponents celebrate the arrival of report of the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech (ISAAA) on...

Michael Simire - February 18, 2015

Climate Change

Lekan Fadina: Road to Paris (3)

The 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will hold for...

Michael Simire - February 17, 2015

Agric & Biotech

Unstable cotton sector struggles to balance cost and benefits

Growing cotton provides livelihoods for an estimated 100 million households in as many as 85 countries. But adverse global market conditions and reliance on...

Michael Simire - February 17, 2015

Agric & Biotech

African ministers catalyse greater investment in agriculture sector

The Rockefeller Foundation, the African Union Commission and the International Fund for Agriculture Development on Sunday in Rome, Italy launched the ‘Leadership for Agriculture...

Michael Simire - February 17, 2015

Conservation

Nnimmo Bassey: Let’s talk about our land

Although we do know that the environment affects everything we do in life, including how we live and die, we often think that it...

Michael Simire - February 17, 2015

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Cautious optimism greets UN Geneva climate talks upshot

The UN climate talks in Geneva, Switzerland, closed on Friday, February 13, 2015 with an air of optimism having made progress towards a new...

Michael Simire - February 15, 2015

Climate Change

Geneva: Governments agree negotiating text for Paris climate agreement

According to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the spirit of Lima transforms into spirit of Geneva en route to the...

Michael Simire - February 15, 2015

Climate Change