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Lagos, FAO, UNIDO plan N1.69bn investment to boost coconut production

The Lagos State Government, Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) are proposing $4.01 million (N1.69 billion) investment...

Michael Simire - May 24, 2022

Agric & Biotech

Nigeria may not end hunger by 2025 – Women farmers

The President, Small Scale Women Farmers Organisation of Nigeria (SWOFON), Mrs Mary Afan, says Nigeria may not end hunger by 2025 if it does...

Michael Simire - May 22, 2022

Agric & Biotech

IITA launches post-harvest loss projects in eight states

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, launched a project on reducing post-harvest losses across vitamin A cassava (VAC)...

Michael Simire - May 17, 2022

Agric & Biotech

FishNet Alliance decries introduction of genetically improved tilapia into Nigeria

Nigerians may be unaware, but genetically improved tilapias are on the way to the country and should arrive this month, May 2022. According to reports,...

Michael Simire - May 13, 2022

Agric & Biotech

Communal farmers in Namibia urged to keep their animals in good health

The Marketing Officer for the Meat Board of Namibia in the north-eastern regions, Josef Likuwa, has urged communal farmers in the area to keep...

Michael Simire - May 13, 2022

Agric & Biotech

Buhari signs NABDA Establishment Bill 2022, says DG

The Director-General of National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha, on Thursday, May 12, 2022, said President Muhammadu Buhari signed the NABDA Establishment...

Michael Simire - May 12, 2022

Agric & Biotech

Meat grown from fungus could save the world’s forests

Substituting just a fifth of meat from cattle with microbial protein – a meat alternative produced in fermentation tanks – by 2050 could halve deforestation, a new analysis...

Michael Simire - May 4, 2022

Agric & Biotech

Dangote: Tackling Nigeria’s fertiliser conundrum

The issue of fertiliser has been a knotty matter for farmers in Nigeria over the years. Very often, it is either in short supply...

Michael Simire - May 3, 2022

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