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Group flays plans to authorise test for GM mosquitoes in Mali

COPAGEN Mali, a member organisation of the West African Global Convergence for Land, Water and Seeds, is frowning at an apparent plan by the...

Ghana has robust system to enforce biosafety regulatory measures, says Antwi-Boasiako

Scientific evidence abounds to changes the food chain has been going through from time immemorial. History tells us that initially our forebearers were hunters...

Farmers urged to adopt greenhouse farming

An agriculture expert, Mr Ismail Olawale, has called on local farmers to adopt greenhouse farming to boost food security in the country. Olawale told the...

Fight against armyworm in Africa moves from plan to action

The fight against the spread of the Fall armyworm in Africa in general and the west and central Africa in particular has moved from...

Bassey: Is there biosafety in Nigeria?

In his welcome words at a Media Training on Promoting Biosafety in Nigeria held on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 in Abuja, Director, Health of...

AfDB invests $24b in African agriculture

The African Development Bank (AfDB) will be investing $24 billion in the African agriculture over the next 10 years to lift one billion people...

EU, FAO contribute $70m to strengthen global partnership against hunger

The European Commission (EU) and Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have contributed $70 million to scale up efforts to boost resilience to food crises...

‘It’s possible you’ve been unknowingly eating GM foods’

Victoria Adankwa, an Agriculture Officer, is one of the many Ghanaian women fervently looking forward to the uptake of agricultural biotechnology in the country....

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UCLG Africa: North Africa selects representatives for continental, global bodies

The pan-African organisation United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG Africa) held its Regional Caucus for North Africa...
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Overcrowding, urban growth accelerating infectious diseases in Nigeria – UNILAG VC

The Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, says overcrowded communities in Nigeria, like those...

After 37 fatalities, Nigeria seals mine over deadly gas leak

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, has ordered the sealing of mining located in Zuraq, Wase...

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UCLG Africa: North Africa selects representatives for continental, global bodies

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