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Role of biotechnology in Nigeria’s economic diversification

"Agriculture must cease from being treated as development programme; agriculture must be treated as business. Our goal will be to pursue government supported private...

admin - March 3, 2016

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After cotton and maize, Nigeria to release more GM food – Ebegba

Sir Rufus Ebegba, the director-general and chief executive officer of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NABMA), at a meeting held in Abuja to review...

admin - February 28, 2016

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UN urged to cut ties with Kenya oil producer over land-grab

Lake Victoria farmers cite Bidco land-grabbing, environmental destruction and human rights violations in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania The Bugala Farmers Association in Uganda has called on...

admin - February 23, 2016

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Ogun apprehends illicit timber merchants

In efforts aimed at curbing illegal felling of trees in state-owned forest reserves, the Ogun State Government has impounded three timber lorries and six...

admin - February 14, 2016

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Biosafety Law: How Nigeria is building confidence in MEAs

Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) are international legal instruments whose goals include environmental protection, which entails measures to remedy, mitigate or otherwise deal with global and/or...

admin - February 7, 2016

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Kofi Annan backs new global Fisheries Transparency Initiative

“Massive plunder” of the world’s fisheries is “destroying entire fishing communities”, Kofi Annan said on Thursday in Geneva, Switzerland at the launch of a...

admin - February 5, 2016

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Osun identifies 60 million active cocoa trees

Revenues from cocoa and other prominent farms produce in which Osun State has comparative advantages have great capacities to turn around the economy and...

admin - February 1, 2016

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Agency to partner security agencies in enforcing biosafety law

The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has approached various security agencies including the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) as well as the Nigerian Security and...

admin - January 28, 2016

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