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Agric & Biotech

IITA launches post-harvest loss projects in eight states

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, launched a project on reducing post-harvest losses across vitamin A cassava (VAC)...
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FishNet Alliance decries introduction of genetically improved tilapia into Nigeria

Nigerians may be unaware, but genetically improved tilapias are on the way to the country and should arrive this month, May 2022. According to reports,...
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Communal farmers in Namibia urged to keep their animals in good health

The Marketing Officer for the Meat Board of Namibia in the north-eastern regions, Josef Likuwa, has urged communal farmers in the area to keep...
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Agric & Biotech

Buhari signs NABDA Establishment Bill 2022, says DG

The Director-General of National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha, on Thursday, May 12, 2022, said President Muhammadu Buhari signed the NABDA Establishment...
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Meat grown from fungus could save the world’s forests

Substituting just a fifth of meat from cattle with microbial protein – a meat alternative produced in fermentation tanks – by 2050 could halve deforestation, a new analysis...
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Dangote: Tackling Nigeria’s fertiliser conundrum

The issue of fertiliser has been a knotty matter for farmers in Nigeria over the years. Very often, it is either in short supply...
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Agric & Biotech

Govt seeks collaboration to resuscitate cotton industry

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Malam Mohammad Abubakar, has called for collaboration among stakeholders to resuscitate and boost the cotton industry to enhance...
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Agric & Biotech

Ghana oil palm project plants agro forestry trees on 1000 hectares of land

A Climate Resilient Oil Palm Project (CROPP) in Ghana is targeting 1,000 hectares of land to plant oil palm and agro forestry trees in...
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