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Benue promises adequate fertiliser for 2018 farming season

The Benue State Government says it has put in place plans for adequate provision of fertiliser to farmers in the 2018 farming season. This was...

admin - June 20, 2018

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Modern biotechnology labelled a vital need by Ghana

Are you among the cross section of Ghanaians who believe that “GMOs are evil,” “GMOs are very bad,” “GMOs are manufactured by the whites...

admin - June 20, 2018

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Anambra to spend N4.1b on farming in 2018

The Anambra State Government says it will spend N4.1 billion on strategic agricultural development initiative in the 2018 planting season. Commissioner for Agriculture, Mechanisation, Processing...

admin - June 14, 2018

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AfDB to invest $120m to boost cassava, others

The African Development Bank (AfDB) said is to invest $120 million in the next three years to boost cassava production and transform eight other...

admin - June 13, 2018

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Indian farmers risk arrest, sow unapproved Monsanto cotton seeds

Some Indian farmers are openly sowing an unapproved variety of Genetically Modified (GM) cotton seeds developed by Monsanto, risking arrest. They sow as the government...

admin - June 12, 2018

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Boosting food security via biotechnology

Hunger and population outgrowing food supply have been an age-long issue. The English scholar and cleric, Thomas Malthus, raised the issue in 1798, in...

admin - June 11, 2018

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Conflicts, adverse weather threaten food security in Nigeria, others – FAO

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says conflicts and adverse local weather conditions have continued to acutely aggravate and prolong severe food insecurity in...

admin - June 8, 2018

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Nigeria loses forests at rate of 11.1% annually

The Regional Centre of Expertise on Education on Sustainable Development (RCE) says Nigeria loses its forests at the rate of 11.1 per cent annually,...

admin - June 7, 2018

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