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Farmers to get insect-resistant, high yielding cowpea this season, says NABDA

Director-General, National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha, on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 has said that the recently released and commercialised Pod Borer...

Michael Simire - April 14, 2021

Agric & Biotech

Nnimmo Bassey: Emerging technologies and politics of hunger

The number of persons in the world that go to bed hungry hovers around 700 million. The hungry equally fall under the same category...

Michael Simire - April 13, 2021

Agric & Biotech

Sri Lanka’s president to ‘free’ country of palm oil, cultivation

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka has imposed an immediate ban on the import of palm oil and has ordered the gradual removal of...

Michael Simire - April 6, 2021

Agric & Biotech

Israeli researchers develop method for predicting pest attacks on fields

Israeli researchers have developed a tool for predicting population development of harmful insects in agricultural fields, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI) said on...

Michael Simire - April 5, 2021

Agric & Biotech

Expert charges farmers on soil profiling, composition

An agriculture expert, Mr Ismail Olawale, has called for the training and equipping of farmers on soil profiling and composition to boost their harvests. Olawale,...

Michael Simire - March 31, 2021

Agric & Biotech

Innovative technology pushes Africa towards self-sufficiency in rice

The demand for good quality parboiled rice is high in parts of Africa, from east to west, north to south. As at 2015, rice...

Michael Simire - March 31, 2021

Agric & Biotech

ABU to evolve new research as recession, climate change threaten food security

The Agriculture and Veterinary Complex of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria says it will evolve robust research on agricultural extension and input linkage system...

Michael Simire - March 30, 2021

Agric & Biotech

UNDP, GEF to complement government on food security

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Global Environmental Facility(GEF) have resolved to improve food security in the country. Ms Rhoda Dia, Project Manager Resilient...

Michael Simire - March 28, 2021

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