FOOD & AGRICULTURE
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Nasarawa partners NASENI on agriculture, engineering
The Nasarawa State government has promised continued partnership with the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) to advance agriculture and engineering in ... -
Law to ban open grazing underway in Ogun – Speaker
In its effort at stemming incessant herders/farmers’ clashes in Ogun, the House of Assembly says plans are in motion to legislate on animal husbandry ... -
FAO to train 600 livestock, crop farmers in Benue
The Food and Agriculture Organisation, FAO, on Monday, started sensitisation/ mobilisation ahead of its step-down training for 600 crop and livestock farmers in selected ... -
Nigeria, USAID, others to boost local fish production
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and USAID in collaboration with Partnership Initiative in Niger Delta (PIND), says plans are underway to ... -
IITA, SANO Foods partner to promote cultivation of improved cassava varieties
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in collaboration SANO Foods Limited, on Monday began a public-private sector initiative to promote the cultivation of ... -
Do GMO Bt (insect-resistant) crops pose threats to human health or the environment?
Pesticide products containing microbial Bt have been used in organic agriculture for many years. Bt crops have provided substantial human health, environmental and economic ... -
Food security: Nasarawa donates 400 hectares of farmland to UNDP
Food Security: Nasarawa govt. donates 400 hectares of farmland to UNDP The Nasarawa state government has donated 400 hectares of land to the United ... -
IITA, NASC, NRCRI make case for cassava seed system as demand exceeds N10bn
Experts from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA, the National Agricultural Seed Council, NASC and National Root Crops Research Institute, NRCRI, have said ... -
Food security: WOFAN trains 60 extension workers on drone, technology deployment
The Women Farmers Advancement Network (WOFAN) on Thursday in Abuja said it has trained more than 60 extension workers from 4 states of the ... -
Food security: Agency advises FG to invest in modern biotechnology
The Deputy Director, National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Dr Rose Gidado has called on the federal government to invest in modern biotechnology, to enable ...
