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Dry season rice farmers urged to cultivate sizeable lands

Executive Director, National Cereals Research Centre (NCRI) Badeggi, Niger State, Dr Umaru Aliyu, has called on dry season rice farmers to cultivate sizeable lands...

Michael Simire - December 28, 2022

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Stakeholders want dry season farming adopted to tackle food crises

Industry players in the agricultural sector have called on farmers to take advantage of dry season farming as part of conscious attempts to prevent...

Michael Simire - December 27, 2022

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ActionAid urges immediate creation of Agriculture Emergency Fund

The ActionAid Nigeria has called for the immediate creation of a separate Agricultural Emergency Fund outside the 2023 budget for agriculture. Mr Azubike Nwokoye, the...

Michael Simire - December 26, 2022

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Govt, IFAD to deploy climate adaptation strategies in mitigating floods on farmers

The Federal Government and the International Fund for Agricultural Development, through the Value Chain Development Programme (FG/IFAD -VCDP), will deploy climate adaptation strategies to...

Michael Simire - December 25, 2022

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The role of biotech in Nigeria’s quest for industrial growth

One of the core mandates of the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) is to stimulate an environment that would respond to the needs of...

Michael Simire - December 12, 2022

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Nigeria hosts five AU countries on genome editing to boost agriculture

Nigeria is hosting five other member states of the African Union (AU) to strategise on the use and adoption of genome editing technology in...

Michael Simire - December 12, 2022

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60 African food systems leaders complete AGRA’s inaugural leadership programme

Forty food systems leaders from Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Ethiopia have graduated from the AGRA-led Centre for African Leaders in Agriculture’s (CALA) Advanced Leadership Programme...

Michael Simire - December 9, 2022

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World Soil Day: Farmers, stakeholders urged to imbibe soil knowledge for food security

The Nigeria Institute of Soil Science (NISS) has called for detailed knowledge of soils by farmers and other stakeholders for enhanced food production, security...

Michael Simire - December 6, 2022

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