Agric & Biotech

Agric & Biotech

EU member states meet to break glyphosate deadlock as deadline looms

A Committee of European Union Member States is met on Monday, November 27, 2017 to discuss a licence extension for the controversial weedkiller glyphosate. The EU licence for glyphosate will...
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300 women receive vegetable seeds, farm implements in Delta

At least 300 women in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State have been empowered with vegetable seeds and farm implements, an aide to...
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N10b farmers-to-finance fund will reduce poverty – Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said on Saturday, November 25, 2017 that the newly inaugurated N10 billion Farmers-to-Finance-Mutual Funds would help reduce poverty and support...
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Obasanjo tasks IITA to ensure research results get to farmers

Former  president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has congratulated the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Ibadan on its 50th anniversary and urged it to ensure its research...
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IITA, at 50, moves to tackle food security issues in Africa

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, on Friday, November 24, 2017 assembled world-class scientists to proffer solutions to the challenges facing food...
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Sokoto fertiliser targets 130 tonnes daily production in 2018

The Sokoto State Organic Fertiliser Company says it is targeting a daily production of 130 tonnes of fertiliser by 2018. Alhaji Aliyu Muhammad, the Manager...
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Jigawa goat breeding scheme, model for all states – Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described the Jigawa State Government’s Goat Breeding and Rearing Micro Credit Scheme as a...
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Concern over palm oil certification systems’ regard for social values

A new report from the Forest Peoples Programme assesses six different certification schemes being used by companies to facilitate their access to international markets for edible oils...
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