Agric & Biotech

Agric & Biotech

Cost of farming: How Iseyin women farmers cope with climate change, credit crunch

In response to COVID-19 emergency food security in 2020, the Oyo State Government created a database of 10,000 smallholder farmers as part of the...
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Agric & Biotech

Evolve national policy on coconut, Lagos charges govt

The Lagos State Coconut Development Authority wants the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) to develop a national policy on coconut value...
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Western govts, private foundations urged to stop funding AGRA

The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) on Thursday, September 2, 2021, called on donors to stop funding the Alliance for a Green...
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Agric & Biotech

Launch of biotech cowpea will create jobs for Nigerians – NABDA D-G

The Director-General of National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha, says  the recent inauguration of Biotech (Bt) cowpea will create millions of job...
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Agroecology as a viable option to addressing climate change

The world is grappling with the challenge of how to address climate change. The latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)...
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Agric & Biotech

At AFF/NGARA webinar, experts share knowledge on sustainable forest management

The African Forest Forum (AFF) has in the last two years carried out research works on strengthening sustainable management of Africa’s forests and trees outside forests and the role they...
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Agric & Biotech

FCMB, Mercy Corps to uplift 500,000 farmers, vulnerable in North-East Nigeria

About 500,000 farmers and vulnerable people in Nigeria's North-East zone can now access farming friendly and demand-driven financial services, courtesy of a collaboration involving...
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Agric & Biotech

GM cowpea: AATF trains seed certification officers

The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), in partnership with the Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR) and the National Agricultural Seeds Council of Nigeria, trained 20 seed...
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