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Nigeria, five others to benefit from AfDB’s agriculture fund for SMEs

The African Development Bank (AfDB) will on Tuesday, March 27, 2018 launch 12 new projects funded by the Agriculture Fast Track Fund (AFT) on to support...

admin - March 26, 2018

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AATF lauds biosafety agency’s regulatory standard

The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) has commended the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) for setting the pace for the regulation of modern biotechnology in...

admin - March 26, 2018

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Cross River registers 5,000 cassava farmers under Anchor Borrowers’ programme

The Chairman, Cassava Growers Association, Cross River State chapter, Mr Austine Oqua, says registration of interested farmers for this year’s CBN Cassava Anchor Borrowers’...

admin - March 25, 2018

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International Day of Forests: Forests and sustainable cities

The global celebration of forests provides an opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of all types of woodlands and trees, and celebrate the...

admin - March 24, 2018

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IPBES vice-chair welcomes global biosafety instrument’s coming into force

The Ghana-based Vice-Chair of the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), Prof. Alfred Oteng-Yeboah, has welcomed the coming...

admin - March 19, 2018

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The fuss about biotechnology: Why?

Science, technological innovation and a fundamental understanding of nature are among the major drivers of progress. Today’s advances in the treatment of human disease...

admin - March 16, 2018

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Northern farmers urged to embrace vitamin A bio-fortified maize

President, Maize Growers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria (MAGPAMAN), Dr Edwin Uche, has advised farmers in the northern part of the country to...

admin - March 16, 2018

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Agriculture sector loses $96b to natural disasters, says study

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said natural disasters cost the agricultural sectors of developing country economies a staggering $96 billion in damages to...

admin - March 16, 2018

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