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FADAMA cassava scheme gets $200m World Bank lifeline

Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, has said the World Bank will support FADAMA III Project in the country with $200 million. Ogbeh made this known...

admin - July 4, 2016

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What the National Confab agreed to on biosafety, GMOs

During the 2014 Nigerian National Conference (Confab), three committees made recommendations with regard to handling of Biosafety in Nigeria and with particular reference to...

admin - July 1, 2016

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How drought worsens food insecurity in Southern Africa

An estimated 41 million people - 23 per cent - of the 181 million rural population in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are...

admin - July 1, 2016

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FUNAI plants trees, establishes Pioneer Garden

The Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo, on Wednesday, June 15 2016, launched a novelty by floating what they call Pioneer Garden. The Garden is meant to...

admin - June 24, 2016

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Nairobi forum seeks to better farmers’, families’ lives

Organisers of the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) 2016 say the forum will advance policies and secure the investments that will ensure a better...

admin - June 23, 2016

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Niger Delta leaders laud agric ministers

Prominent leaders in the Niger Delta region on Thursday in Abuja showered praises on the Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh, and the Minister...

admin - June 23, 2016

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No GM food grown in Nigeria, says government

Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed, has called on Nigerians not to panic over the issue of Genetically Modified Organism (GMO). She said on Monday...

admin - June 20, 2016

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Biosafety law not compliant with UN biodiversity pact, says group

The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) Act 2015 is not compliant with the Cartagena Protocol to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, the...

admin - June 15, 2016

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