Agric & Biotech

Agric & Biotech

Youth take centre stage as Africa Food Systems Forum kicks off with call to action

The Africa Food Systems Forum 2025 is underway in Dakar, Senegal, with a resounding call to place youth at the very heart of agricultural...
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UK commits $7.5m to boost food security, climate resilience

The British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution, has committed $7.5 million to Nigerian agri-tech platform, Babban Gona. The British Deputy High Commissioner...
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Biosafety agency reaffirms strict approval process, warns of sanctions for GMO violations

The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) says that its attention has been drawn to ongoing debates surrounding the introduction of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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