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NACGRAB partners Crop Trust to address food security, climate change challenges

The National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (NACGRAB), in collaboration with Global Crop Diversity Trust (Crop Trust), is forging ways to tackle current...

Michael Simire - November 29, 2022

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How illegal mining, climate change rob cocoa farmers of arable land in Ghana

The Ghanaian economy's cash cow is cocoa, which ranks second in terms of foreign exchange earnings. But the cocoa business is reeling under the...

Michael Simire - November 24, 2022

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COP27: African ministers seek to scale up food production, bolster resilience

African agriculture ministers attending the United Nations climate summit in Egypt reiterated a commitment to work with development partners to unlock the continent’s agriculture...

Michael Simire - November 17, 2022

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COP27: What informed our new grant to Nigeria, Africa – Gates Foundation

Bill and Melinda Foundation says its new commitment of $1.4 billion to Africa, including Nigeria is to spur the region-led innovation to build a...

Michael Simire - November 13, 2022

Agric & Biotech

Crop improvement centre seeks AATF partnership on gene editing

The West African Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) has invited the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) to jointly set up a gene editing platform...

Michael Simire - November 4, 2022

Agric & Biotech

Ghanaian farmers upbeat about PBR cowpea

When Bakuvie Zinna, a Ghanaian cowpea farmer, was invited by a local extension agent to take part in demonstrations for a new variety resistant...

Michael Simire - November 4, 2022

Agric & Biotech

Australian-funded Kenyan research explores how insects contribute to sustainable agrifood systems

A world-leading insect research centre in Kenya will receive ongoing annual funding from the Australian Government following a new agreement signed on Wednesday, November...

Michael Simire - November 4, 2022

Agric & Biotech

Tackling food insecurity by addressing youth, women farmers’ challenges

The CEO/Founder, Fresh & Young Brains Development Initiative (FBIN), Nkiruka Stella Okonkwo, speaking at the National Youth and Women in Agriculture Seminar organised under...

Michael Simire - November 3, 2022

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