Agric & Biotech

Agric & Biotech

Nigeria strengthens collaboration on GMOs’ safety

The Coordinating Ministry of Health and Social Welfare says it is collaborating with agencies to address growing public concerns over Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)...
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IITA, ICRISAT donate 1.34 tonnes of improved seeds to farmers in Yobe

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) have donated 1.34 tonnes of improved rice, millet...
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Nigeria to harness multi-billion-dollar biotech market, says NBRDA D-G

Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha, Director General, National Biotechnology Research and Development Agency (NBRDA), says Nigeria will harness the multi-billion-dollar biotechnology market by bringing investors to...
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Agric & Biotech

Stakeholders hail govt’s proposal to create Ministry of Livestock Development

Agribusiness stakeholders have commended the Federal Government’s proposal to create the Ministry of Livestock Development in the country. The stakeholders gave the commendation in separate...
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Govt, SRADev seek phase-out of ‘dangerous pesticide’ Chlorpyrifos

The Sustainable Research and Action for Environmental Development (SRADev Nigeria) has called on the Federal Government through the National Agency for Food and Drug...
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Agric & Biotech

New ministry will unlock trillion-naira livestock economy, say cattle breeders

The President of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Alhaji Baba Othman-Ngelzarma, has said that the creation of the Ministry of...
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Agric & Biotech

Group pledges climate-smart agriculture for Nigeria’s food security

Propcom+, a rural and agricultural market development programme, has pledged to promote climate-smart agricultural practices among smallholder farmers and small-scale entrepreneurs to support Nigeria’s...
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Agric & Biotech

Biotech, agric agencies allay fear of GMO crops

Some Federal Government agencies have allayed fears by Nigerians over the safety of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) crops. The agencies addressed the issue in Abuja...
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