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TAAT excites Beninese farmers with Vitamin A cassava varieties

A staple to about 350 million people in sub-Saharan Africa, cassava, had been declared in 2003 by African Heads of State as a poverty fighter. However,...

Michael Simire - November 15, 2019

Agric & Biotech

Delta farmers lose 300ha of rice farm to flood

A rice farmer, Chief Silver Ejezie, says about 300 hectares of rice farms at Omeligboma, Oko in Oshimili South Local Government Area of Delta State were washed...

Michael Simire - November 14, 2019

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Edo to provide 100,000 hectares of land for oil palm investors

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo State on Monday, November 11, 2019 said the state government had concluded plans to open up about some 100,000 hectares of...

Michael Simire - November 12, 2019

Agric & Biotech

Govts urged on flood waters storage for irrigation farming

A farmer, Mr Raymos Guanah, has called on the Federal and State Governments to adopt means of storing the perennial flood waters for the purpose of...

Michael Simire - November 11, 2019

Agric & Biotech

Biosafety agency warns importers of GM grains to abide by law

The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has warned all seed and grain importers to abide by the biosafety laws guiding importation of Genetically Modified (GM) grains...

Michael Simire - October 31, 2019

Agric & Biotech

Biosafety agency trains staff on genome editing regulations

The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) says it has commenced trainings to properly equip biosafety regulators on how best to regulate the emerging technologies called Genome...

Michael Simire - October 31, 2019

Agric & Biotech

Biosafety agency assures Nigerians of safely regulated GMOs

The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has assured Nigerians that the agency is ensuring all Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) pass all safety regulations before being released into...

Michael Simire - October 25, 2019

Agric & Biotech

Biosafety agency opening Nigeria to ‘risky’ technologies, HOMEF alleges

The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), a not-for-profit based in Benin City, Edo State, has said that the nation is being opened to “risky” emerging...

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