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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

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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

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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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African Union lauds Nigerian biosafety system

The Principal Programme Officer for African Biosafety Network of Expertise (ABNE) of African Union Development Agency – New Partnership for Africa's Development (AUDA-NEPAD), Mr. Sam Timpo,...

admin - June 12, 2019

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Stakeholders meet to assess progress of Regional Seed Regulation

Major actors of the seed industry in West Africa will meet in Dakar, the Senegalese capital, from June 11 to 12, 2019 to assess progress made...

admin - June 10, 2019

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Abuja varsity students call for alternatives to GMOs

Students of agriculture have again called for a ban on products of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Nigeria. This call was made at the recent Dialogue...

admin - June 9, 2019

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