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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Lagos council sets aside 10 acres for rice farming

The Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State has set aside more than 10 acres for rice farming and processing to improve living standards...

admin - January 28, 2018

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Katsina allocates 5,300 hectares of land for cattle colony

The Katsina State Government said on Thursday, January 25, 2018 that it had allocated 5,300 hectares of land for the establishment of a cattle...

admin - January 25, 2018

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