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Dangote lauds government over new tomato policy

Vice President of Dangote Industries Limited, Sani Dangote, has lauded the new government policy on tomatoes, saying it will encourage increased local production and...

Study identifies cocoa cultivation as lead cause of deforestation in Ghana

A study has ascertained that, of all the factors driving deforestation in Ghana, agriculture is prime with cocoa cultivation being the leading cause of...

AfDB president predicts Dangote will be largest exporter of rice by 2021

Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has said that billionaire businessman, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, may become the largest exporter of...

Government to demarcate cattle routes nationwide

The Federal Government says that it will demarcate 6,000km cattle routes across the country in 2017. Alhaji Mahmud Bello, the National Coordinator, Grazing Stock Routes,...

Economically sustainable seed businesses to transform cassava production

Nigeria is the largest producer of cassava in the world with a production of about 54 million tons, but its yield per hectare of...

GMOs: When HOMEF, media debated biosafety, agric biotech

The task of ensuring that science responds to popular needs of society should be the major challenge that scientists have to overcome. While that...

Federal varsity partners group on food security

As a means of supporting the call for economic diversification through agriculture in order to ensure food security, generate employment and increase foreign exchange...

Climate change a risk factor for global food security, says report

Mankind's future ability to feed itself is in jeopardy due to intensifying pressures on natural resources, mounting inequality, and the fallout from a changing...

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Clean energy is the antidote to fossil fuel cost chaos – Stiell

Address delivered by UN Climate Change Executive Secretary, Simon Stiell, at the start of Green Transformation (GX) Week on Monday, April...
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How cities can unlock private investments for urban climate action – Report

A new report launched by C40 Cities, “Building the Financial Case for Urban Adaptation: Guidance and Case Studies,” provides...

At China Oil & Gas Conference, Heirs Energies explores firm’s operational strategy

At the 2026 China Oil and Gas Engineering Technology Exchange Conference, Heirs Energies presented the firm's operational strategy as a...

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