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Earth Day: Environmentalists warn local farmers against harmful agro-chemical use

Some environmentalists have warned local farmers against use of harmful agrochemicals in crop cultivation to prevent degradation of soil components. The environmentalists gave the warning...

admin - April 22, 2022

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Govt inaugurates national steering committees to boost food security

The Federal Government on Thursday, April 21, 2022, in Abuja inaugurated five National Steering Committees for donor-funded projects implemented by the Federal Ministry of...

admin - April 21, 2022

Agric & Biotech

Groups commend Nigerian Senate’s pledge to enforce strict GMOs regulation

Reacting to a news item by Food Farm News published on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, that the “Senate insists on GMOs thorough regulation”, groups including GMO-Free...

admin - April 18, 2022

Agric & Biotech

TAAT moves to build Niger Basin resilience, trains trainers

With sights set on improving the resilience of about 130 million people and their agroecosystems in the Niger Basin across West and Central Africa, Technologies...

admin - April 15, 2022

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Consumers say there’s no difference in taste between GM beans and local variety

Consumers of genetically modified (GM) beans, the pod borer insect resistant variety, on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Abuja testified that it tasted same...

admin - April 8, 2022

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Visiting Ghanaian team lauds Nigerian biosafety system’s success story

A Ghanaian team of biotechnology and biosafety regulators recently paid a study tour visit to the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) towards understudying the...

admin - April 7, 2022

Agric & Biotech

African armyworm attacks farms in Uganda

Uganda’s Agriculture Ministry has warned that several parts of the country has been invaded by the African armyworm (larva of Spodoptera exempta), a pest...

admin - April 5, 2022

Agric & Biotech

Nigeria states willingness to assist Ghana develop its biotechnology

Overseeing Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation(STI), Mr Idowu Afe, has said that Nigeria, via the National Biotechnology Development...

admin - April 5, 2022

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