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Trials, registration of cotton varieties: Nigeria’s biosafety in shambles – HOMEF

Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has condemned the alleged illegal confined field trials and registration of four new transgenic cotton hybrid varieties -...
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Agric & Biotech

Kenya steps up livestock disease detection to protect farmers, public health

Livestock diseases continue to pose a significant threat to farmers’ livelihoods, food security and public health in Kenya. Diseases such as Foot-and-Mouth, Peste des...
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Biosafety agency detects unauthorised GMO activities, orders suspension of new GM cotton varieties

The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has disclosed that, through its regulatory surveillance and compliance-monitoring mechanisms, it identified compliance abnormalities concerning the registration of...
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Agric & Biotech

Chinedum Nwajiuba: Tackling economic, environmental conditions adversely affecting agriculture

Statement by the Coordinator, Agricultural Initiative of the Christian Men’s Fellowship, Anglican Diocese of Okigwe South in Imo State, Prof. Chinedum Nwajiuba, at the...
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Agric & Biotech

Rice is not reform: Why Nigeria needs real food system transformation

Nigeria’s food system stands at a critical crossroads. For decades, it has largely followed a production-driven model shaped by the legacy of the Green...
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Agric & Biotech

TAAT convenes strategic meeting to accelerate agricultural transformation across Africa

The Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) has convened a high-level Work Planning Meeting under its Phase II Addendum to strengthen the delivery of...
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Agric & Biotech

Nnimmo Bassey: Junk foods and the politics of hunger

Food occupies a central place in our culture. It plays a key role in religious/social activities and is a major marker of the passage...
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Biosafety agency, Open varsity collaborate to ensure confidence in technology

The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) and the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) have entered into a partnership to strengthen bioscience education, ensure public confidence...
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