Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe

Modern biotechnology: EU Not A Model To Africa, Says Ebegba, NABMA DG

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Modern Biotechnology: EU Not A Model To Africa, Says Ebegba, NABMA DG ‎By Abdallah el-Kurebe ‎The Director General and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NABMA), Mr. Rufus Ebegba has said that Africa cannot emulate the European Union (EU) on its non-adoption of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) because EU has other alternatives. The DG spoke with Newsdiaryonline in a conversation, explaining that while the EU had other alternatives to adopting modern biotechnology, Africa had none. “Africa should not emulate the European Union (EU) and should not take EU as a model in the adoption of…

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Sokoto Partners FG, World Bank on Large Scale Irrigation

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By Abdallah el-Kurebe Sokoto government said it is partnering with the Federal Government and the World Bank to develop large scale irrigation scheme in the state. Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, who stated this during a visit by a team from the partner agencies to Sokoto Government House, said the scheme, tagged Transforming Irrigation Management in Nigeria (TRIMM), will support and improve agricultural productivity through strengthened institutional arrangement and improved access to irrigation drainage services. He said the scheme will also complement existing major agricultural initiatives and focuses on improving large-scale public irrigation in Sokoto and some selected states in…

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