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Reject food colonialism in any guise – Nnimmo Bassey

Keynote Address by Nnimmo Bassey, Executive Director of HOMEF, at the National Symposium on GMOs held on Monday, September 1, 2025 According to a popular...

TAAT to highlight innovation pathways at African Food Systems Summit 2025

Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) will join agriculture leaders, policymakers, farmers, & innovators at the Africa Food Systems Summit (AFS), the world’s premier...

GMOs controversies, NAFDAC’s conflicting narrative

For Nigeria’s two 250 million people and multitudes across the "honey" world, the "Africa’s giant" had gained another feat. An infamy of scoring cheap-own-goals....

Burkina Faso lauded for terminating ‘Target Malaria’ project

The Coalition for Monitoring Biotechnology Activities (CVAB) welcomed, albeit with relief and satisfaction, the decision of the government of Burkina Faso to end Target...

GMOs: We won’t poison our own people – Govt

The Federal Government has clarified that the introduction of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and their products in Nigeria is not intended to poison citizens...

Researchers push for region-tailored vaccines to tackle African swine fever

 An international team of scientists has found that a promising African swine fever (ASF) vaccine can protect pigs against some strains of the virus...

Scientists urge accurate communication to defend bio-innovations in Africa

As Africa battles converging crises of food insecurity, climate change, and disease outbreaks, scientists and policymakers are warning that misinformation and disinformation have become...

First-ever inclusive colloquium explores South Africa’s pesticide policy reform

In a landmark moment for agricultural reform and environmental justice, the National Department of Agriculture convened a historic Colloquium on Pesticide Policy Framework last...

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VCDF, SEEPCO launch free eye care programme in Delta’s Ndokwa East LGA

Many Nigerians continue to suffer from avoidable vision problems, with cataracts and other eye conditions being major causes of...
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ICARRD+20: Group urges banks to finance agroecology, equitable food systems

As governments, social movements, and multilateral institutions gather in Cartagena for ICARRD+20 to advance agrarian reform and rural development,...

NAPTIP, UK unite to amplify voices of trafficking survivors

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), in partnership with the British High Commission Abuja,...

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VCDF, SEEPCO launch free eye care programme in Delta’s Ndokwa East LGA

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ICARRD+20: Group urges banks to finance agroecology, equitable food systems

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