Agric & Biotech

Agric & Biotech

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...
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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...
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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...
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Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, emerges Africa’s Agriculture Technology Ambassador

Former Nigeria President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, has accepted AATF’s appointment as Africa’s Ambassador for Agricultural Technology. Making the announcement after meeting with the former president...
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Stakeholders endorse use of GM technology to enhance cowpea production

Farmers, advocates, scientists, as well as other key actors in the agriculture sector have expressed their support for the adoption of Genetically Modified (GM)...
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Govts step up action on agriculture, food security at COP27

Agriculture and food security featured prominently at the UN Climate Change Conference COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt in November 2022, with governments working on...
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Soil nutrient loss, threat to nutrition, sustainable food security – NISS

The Nigeria Institute of Soil Science (NISS) says soil nutrient loss remains the greatest threat to nutrition and sustainable food security across the world. Prof....
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Agric & Biotech

Elated Nigerian farmers harvest first batch of biotech-potatoes

Elder Isaiah Buwah is an aged potato farmer in the Bokos Local Government Area of Plateau State, North Central Nigeria. He has grown potatoes...
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