Agric & Biotech

Agric & Biotech

Agency reaffirms commitment to ensuring biosecurity in Nigeria

National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has reassured Nigerians that the agency is saddled with the additional mandate of ensuring biosecurity in the country. Dr Agnes...
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Food security: Nigeria secures $134m loan facility from AfDB – Minister

The Federal Government of Nigeria says it has secured a loan facility of $134 million from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to help farmers...
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Urgent climate action needed to address agricultural vulnerabilities – AATF

Urgent and coordinated climate action is essential to mitigate the growing impact of climate change on agriculture and to protect vulnerable smallholder farmers, particularly...
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Nigeria to explore biotech innovations to revolutionalise agriculture

The Federal Government of Nigeria says it will take steps to build public trust in biotech innovations to revolutionalise agricultural practices. The decision was reached...
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Govt urged to subsidise gas to save forest, Emir laments indiscriminate cutting of trees

A climatologist, Mr. Nurudden Bello, has called on the Federal Government to subsidise gas and kerosene to reduce tree felling and promote cleaner energy...
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Nigeria urges World Bank to support dam upgrade, irrigation expansion

The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, has urged the World Bank to increase its support for Nigeria’s plans to upgrade...
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Food security: Assembly pledges collaboration with CSOs, women farmers in Kwara

The Kwara State House of Assembly Committee on Agriculture and Food Security has pledged collaboration with agriculture related civil society organisations (CSOs) and women...
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Agric & Biotech

Optimally harnessing export as Nigeria rethinks cocoa

In the pre-independence Nigeria, agriculture, especially cocoa farming, was one of the mainstays of the nation’s economy. The top five cocoa producing states in Nigeria...
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