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Group urges govt to dismiss bill seeking to expand scope of biosafety agency

Environmental/ecological think tank and advocacy organisation, the Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), has called on the House Committee on Environment and Habitat to dismiss the...

admin - March 26, 2019

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Legislators back biosafety agency

The Chairman, House Committee on Environment and Habitat, Obinna Chidoka, has said that the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has the full support of the National...

admin - March 25, 2019

Agric & Biotech

Agriculturists identify challenges of agribusiness in Nigeria

Agriculturists have identified non-availability of funds, low quantity of feed inputs and reduction of participants in the business as major challenges hindering the growth of agriculture. The...

admin - March 25, 2019

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Biosafety agency established to avoid dumping of unsafe GM products in Nigeria – D-G

Director-General, National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr Rufus Ebegba, says the agency was established to regulate modern biotechnology to avoid Nigeria being turned into a dumping...

admin - March 22, 2019

Agric & Biotech

IAR&T develops high-yielding, disease-resistant maize varieties

Executive Director of the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), Ibadan, Prof. James Adediran, says the institute has developed high-yielding, disease-resistant maize varieties adaptable to Southwest...

admin - March 20, 2019

Agric & Biotech

Government to re-construct grazing reserves

The Federal Government says it will soon commence the reconstruction of grazing reserves across the country. Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said...

admin - March 15, 2019

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Scientists carry out research on roots, tubers, banana seeds to improve yield

Some scientists from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Ibadan, International Potato Centre in Peru and others are presently carrying out research on some...

admin - March 15, 2019

Agric & Biotech

2019 Anchor Borrowers Programme targets 100,000 cotton farmers nationwide

The Federal Government has said that the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN’s) Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) for 2019 is targeting 100,000 cotton farmers across the country. Hajiya...

admin - March 13, 2019

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