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AfDB supports Nigeria on infrastructure development to boost agro-business

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has pledged to support the Government of Nigeria to provide infrastructure development to boost agro-business in the country. President of...

admin - April 30, 2019

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Scaling up of heat-tolerant wheat transforms food production, policy in Sudan

Sudanese wheat farmers are in a joyous mood. They are celebrating the success of new heat-resistant wheat varieties which have transformed their country’s food landscape. Thanks to the scaling up...

admin - April 28, 2019

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AfDB deploys TAAT to combat food insecurity in the Sahel

As part of the plan to ensure food security in the Sahel, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has named Senegal as the next stopping point for...

admin - April 24, 2019

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Biosafety agency says insufficient awareness leads to misguided information

The Director-General, National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr Rufus Ebegba, says inadequate public awareness on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) leads to misguided information. Ebegba said this during...

admin - April 19, 2019

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Food security in the Sahel: TAAT launches out in Mali

As part of the plan to ensure food security in the Sahel, Sorghum and Millet Compact of Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) is set to...

admin - April 17, 2019

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Agric council to go digital on seeds certification

The National Agriculture Seed Council (NASC) says it will soon go digital with the certification of seeds to ensure that farmers get quality seeds to enhance...

admin - April 15, 2019

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Food security: Concern over increasing soil acidity in Kenya

Increasing soil acidity is complicating Kenya’s goal of achieving food security by lowering farmer’s yields, a government official on Friday, April 12, 2019 said. Hamadi Boga, Principal...

admin - April 14, 2019

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Why Nigeria should design own plant variety protection laws

The Federal Government has been urged not to sign the Union for the Protection of New Plant Varieties (UPOV 1991) but instead should design its own...

admin - April 12, 2019

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