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Biotechnology giving Nigeria another chance to scale up food production – Adamawa Gov

Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has said Nigeria could unearth the enormous potentials tied to agriculture with the adoption and right application...

Michael Simire - October 20, 2021

Agric & Biotech

Govt begins spray to prevent quelea birds invasion in Jigawa

The Federal Government has commenced a two-week aerial spray in Jigawa State to control invasion of quelea birds. The Special Assistant on Community Development and...

Michael Simire - October 18, 2021

Agric & Biotech

World Food Day: Food waste, threat to food security – Minister

The Federal Government says one of the greatest threat to food security in Nigeria is food wastages from farm to table. The Minister of Agriculture...

Michael Simire - October 17, 2021

Agric & Biotech

World Food Day: Experts seek robust food system to reduce malnutrition

The Executive Director, Spectra Industries Ltd., Mrs Remi Kuteyi, has urged the federal and state governments to build a better food system that would...

Michael Simire - October 17, 2021

Agric & Biotech

Biosafety agency was not created to stop GMOs entering Nigeria – Ebegba

The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to ensuring that only safe genetically modified products will be allowed in the Nigerian market. Director General/Chief Executive...

Michael Simire - October 15, 2021

Agric & Biotech

Reactions trail govt’s approval of new maize variety

While experts in the agricultural sector on one hand lauded the Federal Government for approving the evaluation and open cultivation of the new Tela...

Michael Simire - October 12, 2021

Agric & Biotech

Nigeria grants approval for cultivation of genetically modified maize variety

The government of Nigeria has granted environmental approval for evaluation and open cultivation of TELA Maize, a new maize variety developed by researchers at...

Michael Simire - October 10, 2021

Agric & Biotech

Nigeria set to deregulate genetically modified maize variety

Efforts to avail smallholder farmers in Nigeria with maize variety that combines drought tolerance, insect resistance, and other important yield and disease resistance traits...

Michael Simire - October 8, 2021

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