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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Don advocates agricultural policy reform

A don, Prof. Adesina Raji, has called for pragmatic agricultural policy reform that would meet national output target in the agricultural sector. Raji made the...
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Africa: Qatar, Gates Foundation pledge $200m to support agriculture, climate resilience

The Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have jointly pledged $200 million toward agriculture, climate resilience and economic development...
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AGRA appoints six new members to bolster board

The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) on Monday, March 28, 2022, announced the appointment of six new members to its Board,...
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