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Coalition clamours GMOs ban, repeal of biosafety law

State governors have been called upon to ban genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and effect a repeal of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) Act...

Michael Simire - April 28, 2021

Agric & Biotech

Agency reiterates commitment to ensuring biosecurity in Nigeria

The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has completed and submitted a draft National Biosecurity Policy to the Federal Executive Council (FEC), for consideration and...

Michael Simire - April 23, 2021

Agric & Biotech

Agroecology is key to restoring the Earth, say HOMEF volunteers

Volunteers at Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) have called on countries to shift from dependence on fossil fuels and invest rather in agroecology...

Michael Simire - April 23, 2021

Agric & Biotech

Promoters harvest genetically modified maize variety, claim it ‘yields better’

Results from the third confined field trial of the Tela maize project ongoing at the Institute for Agricultural Research has shown that the variety...

Michael Simire - April 21, 2021

Agric & Biotech

Locust outbreak destroys 700,000 hectares of land in Namibia

Namibia has allocated 20 million Namibian dollars ($1.4 million) to fight a locust outbreak that has so far invaded seven regions and destroyed over...

Michael Simire - April 21, 2021

Agric & Biotech

USAID’s ‘COVID-19 Food Security Challenge’ provides $3m grants to companies

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched the USAID/Nigeria COVID-19 Food Security Challenge, through which USAID will offer $3 million in funding...

Michael Simire - April 21, 2021

Agric & Biotech

Stakeholders deliberate on biosafety issues, seek overhaul of regulatory architecture

Deliberations at a physical and virtual conference on “The State of Biosafety in Nigeria” covered regulatory issues, biosecurity, food and farming systems, hunger as...

Michael Simire - April 19, 2021

Agric & Biotech

Technology adoption leads to increased income for fish farmers in DR Congo

Fisheries and aquaculture sector constitutes an essential source of economic activity in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), surpassing livestock, accounting for 12% of...

Michael Simire - April 18, 2021

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From transit hub to global model: How Nigeria gave pangolins a fighting chance

The world came to Samarkand, Uzbekistan, to learn from Nigeria's experience. The occasion was CITES CoP20, the once-every-three-years global conference...

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