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Civil society flays release of GM mosquitoes in Burkina Faso

A group of civil society organisations (CSOs) from Africa and around the world has denounced the release of genetically modified (GM) “male-sterile” mosquitoes in Burkina Faso....

admin - July 2, 2019

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Nigerian scientists allay fears about genetically modified products

Climate change and rising temperatures is expected to continue over time. The extent of the change depends primarily on the amount of heat-trapping gases emitted and...

admin - June 30, 2019

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Nigeria’s Ebegba emerges chair of African Biosafety Regulators Forum

The Director General/CEO, National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr Rufus Ebegba, has emerged as the interim Chairman of the newly established African Union Biosafety Regulators Forum. Ebegba's...

admin - June 28, 2019

Agric & Biotech

HOMEF, others object to GM cassava application

Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), the GMO-Free Nigeria Alliance and 43 other civil society organisations (CSOs) have urged the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) to...

admin - June 26, 2019

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AfDB targets food security in Mozambique through maize technologies

As part of the plan to ensure food security across Africa, the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday, June 19, 2019 launched the Maize Compact of...

admin - June 20, 2019

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Why climate change means a rethink of coffee, cocoa production systems

New research by an international group of scientists, from Inland Norway University, Bioversity International, Wageningen University and World Agroforestry, examines whether incorporating suitable trees into crop systems or...

admin - June 20, 2019

Agric & Biotech

GMO: Divisive, controversial agricultural technology

An agricultural engineering method which includes the artificial inclusion of a new (and most times greater) trait to plants as opposed to the traditional crossbreeding is...

admin - June 17, 2019

Agric & Biotech

How ABU institute developed pod borer resistant cowpea variety

One of the main research efforts of the Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, over the last 10 years has been to combat...

Michael Simire - June 13, 2019

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