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On July 3, the High-Level Panel of Experts of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) released its much-anticipated report on agroecology in Rome. The report...

admin - September 27, 2019

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African CSOs seek ban on glyphosate use

Civil society organisations and citizens across Africa are calling upon their governments to issue an immediate ban on all use of glyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs). Launched...

admin - September 27, 2019

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Germany to spend up to €800m on reforestation

The German Federal and States Governments on Wednesday, September 25, 2019 made €800 million ($880 million) available for the conservation of woodland and reforestation, Agriculture Minister,...

admin - September 25, 2019

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Strengthening capacity key to economic development, says Ebegba

Director General/Chief Executive Officer of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr Rufus Ebegba, has said that Africa does not lack capacity but the need to...

admin - September 23, 2019

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GMO products we approved safe for consumption – Biosafety agency

Director-General, National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr Rufus Ebegba, has assured Nigerians of safe consumption of approved Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in the country. Ebegba gave the...

admin - September 20, 2019

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Scientists release GM mosquitoes in Burkina Faso to fight malaria

Scientists in Burkina Faso have deployed a new weapon in the fight against malaria, and waded into a thorny bioethics debate, by letting loose thousands of...

admin - September 19, 2019

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Food production: NABDA targets 1m yam seedlings in four months

The National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) says it is targeting production of one million yam seedlings in the next four months, using advanced biotechnology to boost...

admin - September 18, 2019

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How GMOs can boost the Nigerian economy

Despite its advantages, there are still opposition to embracing Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). The opposition is said to be based on a different perception about GMOs. Wikipedia:...

admin - September 17, 2019

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