Agric & Biotech

ICCM5: Groups urge ambitious action to phase out world’s most dangerous pesticides

Civil society and Indigenous Peoples organisations numbering 373, from 74 countries, urged leaders at a historic global conference to act with urgency to phase...

Michael Simire - September 27, 2023

Agric & Biotech

World Coconut Day: Research institute x-rays strategies for sustainable coconut production

The Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR) says achieving sustainable coconut production in the country requires a comprehensive approach that addresses environmental, social...

Michael Simire - September 22, 2023

Agric & Biotech

Biosafety agency reviews guidelines to conform with international treaties

The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) on Thursday, September 14, 2023, in Abuja said that it would review its biosafety guidelines to conform with...

Michael Simire - September 14, 2023

Agric & Biotech

Joyce Brown: The failure of GMOs

The world today, Africa inclusive, battles with several food system related issues - biodiversity loss, soil degradation, non-communicable diseases and climate change. While these challenges...

Michael Simire - September 5, 2023

Agric & Biotech

World Coconut Day: Association advocates planting 10,000 hectares of coconuts in states

In commemoration of World Coconut Day, the National Coconut Producers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria (NACOPPMAN) has called for the planting of 10,000...

Michael Simire - September 3, 2023

Agric & Biotech

Africa needs technologies to improve agricultural productivity – Jonathan

Former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has said that inadequate integration of technologies in the agricultural sector in Africa...

Michael Simire - August 31, 2023

Agric & Biotech

Don urges govts, farmers to adopt climate-smart agriculture practice

Professor of Agronomy at the Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK), Ibrahim Haruna, has called on the three tiers of government and farmers to adopt...

Michael Simire - August 31, 2023

Agric & Biotech

Balancing progress and preservation: Rethinking pesticides for sustainable agriculture

On July 31, 2023, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in his address to the nation promised as part of his food security agenda to provide...

Michael Simire - August 28, 2023

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