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Dangote, Niger sign $450m sugar production MoU

In move towards attaining self-sufficiency in sugar production through the government’s backward integration policy, the Dangote Group, on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 in Minna,...

admin - August 24, 2017

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Why Africans should not be used as guinea pigs for high-risk GM technology

The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), a pan-African civil society platform championing food sovereignty in Africa, on Tuesday, August 22, 2017 called...

admin - August 22, 2017

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Charcoal merchants, ‘vultures’ of Nigerian forests

As human population continues to inch towards infinity, the energy needs of households for domestic heating have more than doubled over the last few...

Michael Simire - August 20, 2017

Agric & Biotech

Experts advocate nutrition-based agric practice

Participants at a two-day Nutrition Workshop for Local Government Actors organised by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation-funded Synergos for the State Partnership for...

admin - August 18, 2017

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Government to revive five fertiliser plants

The Government of Nigeria says five fertiliser blending plants will be revived by the end of August to complement the existing 11 under the...

admin - August 16, 2017

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Organising committee for biosafety summit inaugurated

As part of efforts to ensure a smooth National Biosafety Conference, the Director General/CEO, National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr. Rufus Ebegba, on Tuesday,...

admin - August 16, 2017

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International Youth Day: Community-driven projects reduce poverty, empower youth

For 26-year-old Ms. Nneka Eze, empowerment comes from within. “My dream ever since I was a student was to own a big farm, my own...

admin - August 11, 2017

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How subsidies accelerate forest degradation, by Solheim

Highlighting how subsidies can lead to degradation, Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Erik Solheim, says that besides lowering the cost of...

admin - August 3, 2017

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