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Scientists release GM mosquitoes in Burkina Faso to fight malaria

Scientists in Burkina Faso have deployed a new weapon in the fight against malaria, and waded into a thorny bioethics debate, by letting loose thousands of...

admin - September 19, 2019

Agric & Biotech

Food production: NABDA targets 1m yam seedlings in four months

The National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) says it is targeting production of one million yam seedlings in the next four months, using advanced biotechnology to boost...

admin - September 18, 2019

Agric & Biotech

How GMOs can boost the Nigerian economy

Despite its advantages, there are still opposition to embracing Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). The opposition is said to be based on a different perception about GMOs. Wikipedia:...

admin - September 17, 2019

Agric & Biotech

How Nigeria advances practice of biotechnology – NABDA

Director-General of National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Prof. Alex Akpa, says Nigeria has made significant strides in advancing the practice of biotechnology to enhance economic development. Akpa said...

admin - September 16, 2019

Agric & Biotech

OFAB Ghana decorates journalists for stories on agricultural biotechnology

While the role of the media as information disseminators in fostering development has never been in doubt, the range of media coverage of issues is sometimes...

admin - September 13, 2019

Agric & Biotech

NABDA enumerates advantages of Bt Cotton to Nigeria

The National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) has said that Biotech Cotton (Bt cotton) will impact Nigeria’s economy by increasing the growth of Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product...

admin - September 12, 2019

Agric & Biotech

Scientific innovation may turn Australia’s arid land into green pasture

Millions of hectares of sandy, infertile Australian farmland could benefit from the commercialisation of a South African shrub, allowing farmers to better carry sheep over the summer-autumn...

admin - September 10, 2019

Agric & Biotech

Why farmers can’t access loans to boost agriculture – NIRSAL

The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) says that, despite agriculture loan opportunities, lack of structure along the value chain has remained a...

admin - September 6, 2019

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