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Group set to train herders on greenhouse ranch management

The Nigeria Farmers Group and Cooperative Society (NFGCS) says plans have reached advanced stage to train herders on greenhouse to manage its 10,000-capacity ranch currently under...

Michael Simire - November 20, 2019

Agric & Biotech

Group clamours food from ‘agriculture that solves climate, health crises’

“Do we want to work in harmony with the laws of nature, or continue with the violence against the earth by eating food produced in laboratories...

Michael Simire - November 15, 2019

Agric & Biotech

TAAT excites Beninese farmers with Vitamin A cassava varieties

A staple to about 350 million people in sub-Saharan Africa, cassava, had been declared in 2003 by African Heads of State as a poverty fighter. However,...

Michael Simire - November 15, 2019

Agric & Biotech

Delta farmers lose 300ha of rice farm to flood

A rice farmer, Chief Silver Ejezie, says about 300 hectares of rice farms at Omeligboma, Oko in Oshimili South Local Government Area of Delta State were washed...

Michael Simire - November 14, 2019

Agric & Biotech

Edo to provide 100,000 hectares of land for oil palm investors

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo State on Monday, November 11, 2019 said the state government had concluded plans to open up about some 100,000 hectares of...

Michael Simire - November 12, 2019

Agric & Biotech

Govts urged on flood waters storage for irrigation farming

A farmer, Mr Raymos Guanah, has called on the Federal and State Governments to adopt means of storing the perennial flood waters for the purpose of...

Michael Simire - November 11, 2019

Agric & Biotech

Biosafety agency warns importers of GM grains to abide by law

The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has warned all seed and grain importers to abide by the biosafety laws guiding importation of Genetically Modified (GM) grains...

Michael Simire - October 31, 2019

Agric & Biotech

Biosafety agency trains staff on genome editing regulations

The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) says it has commenced trainings to properly equip biosafety regulators on how best to regulate the emerging technologies called Genome...

Michael Simire - October 31, 2019

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