Agric & Biotech

Agric & Biotech

New policy playbook provides recipes for successful implementation of Kampala Declaration

A panel of global agricultural and policy experts has released a new playbook to support African countries as they begin implementing the Kampala Declaration...
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Agric & Biotech

AfricaRice, Kasetsart varsity join forces to transform Africa’s rice sector

The Africa Rice Centre (AfricaRice) and Kasetsart University (KU) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance research rice farming, innovation and food...
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Chicken and Chips: Why Kenya’s favourite meal is easy to crave and hard to produce

Demand isn’t the problem; broken input systems are. Fixing them could unlock 5,000 youth jobs and make local processors competitive again. When Everyone Is Rational and the...
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Agric & Biotech

FG/IFAD-VCDP creates 11,890 agribusiness jobs, reduces rural–urban migration

The Federal Government/International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) says it has created more than 11,000 permanent jobs through its...
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Nigeria moves to update national biotechnology policy

The National Biotechnology Research and Development Agency (NBRDA) has convened a multi-stakeholder review and validation workshop to update and strengthen the National Biotechnology Policy...
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AfDB-funded fisheries programme drives economic transformation in 16 Southern African countries

A regional initiative that has overhauled aquatic resource management and boosted cross-border fish trade is now improving the lives of nearly three million people...
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Agric & Biotech

IITA inaugurates irrigation system, research farm equipment for improved varieties

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Ibadan, Oyo State, has inaugurated irrigation systems and research farm equipment to develop and deliver improved...
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Agric & Biotech

Funding gap, weak infrastructure hinder Nigeria’s biotech potential – Don

Prof. Femi Ayoade of Redeemer’s University, Ede in Osun State, says funding gaps, weak infrastructure, policy limitations, skill shortages and evolving regulations are preventing Nigeria...
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