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Boko Haram, drought, pests destroy farms in Borno

Boko Haram militants, drought and pests have combined to wreak havoc on farmlands in Borno State, leading to low output and huge losses to...

admin - February 4, 2018

Agric & Biotech

Farmers urge establishment of gum arabic plantations to check desertification

Gum arabic farmers in Yobe State have urged the federal and northern state governments to establish gum arabic plantations to improve revenue generation and...

admin - February 2, 2018

Agric & Biotech

Group wants government to provide improved seedlings for smallholder farmers

A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Promotion for the Human Rights, on Thursday, February 1, 2018 urged the Federal Government to provide improved cassava and yam...

admin - February 1, 2018

Agric & Biotech

GMOs: Biosafety agency reviews policy

The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) says it has reviewed its operational policy to meet best global practices. Head of Communication, NBMA, Mrs Gloria Ogbaki,...

admin - January 31, 2018

Agric & Biotech

Stakeholders urge forest certification system to drive wood export

Stakeholders have called on the Federal Government to put in place adequate forest certification system for Nigeria to benefit from the growing international demand...

admin - January 30, 2018

Agric & Biotech

Namibia opens first GMO laboratory

Namibia on Monday, January 29, 2018 opened a laboratory for testing food for Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO), which is said to be the first...

admin - January 29, 2018

Agric & Biotech

Early warnings averted massive crops failure in 2017

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) said early cessation of rains in parts of Nigeria would have led to massive crops failure if early warnings...

admin - January 28, 2018

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Nigeria, AfDB train 8,317 farmers, processors on rice value chain

The Federal Government says it has so far trained more than 8,000 farmers on rice value chain activities under the Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support...

admin - January 28, 2018

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