An agriculture expert, Dr Ismail Olawale, has called for adequate communication of the advantages and disadvantages of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) crops before adoption by local farmers.
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Gov. Umar Bago of Niger will meet with Olivia Chow, the Major of Toronto, Canada, in September as part of…
The Kebbi Government has paid N350m counterpart funds for the Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Programme (RAAMP) for the upgrading of 240km of rural access roads in the state.
The Federal Government, through its Value Chain Development Programme for Agriculture (VCDP-AF), provided inputs to 534 farmers in Kogi State,…
The Director-General, National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha, has assured Nigerians of availability of nutritional milk through its long term genomic transformation of Dairy Cattle Project.
The recent planned Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC’s) hunger protests have brought to light the Tinubu administration’s abject negligence when it…
The price of food items, including cassava flakes (garri), and rice have recorded more than 50 per cent increase in…
Tea makers popularly known as “Mai shayi” say their business is witnessing low patronage, especially for Indomie noodles as the price continues to increase rapidly.
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is supporting Nigeria in cultivating rice, maize, cassava, and soybeans to boost food production.
The UN is proposing a ‘roadmap’ for food and farming to end hunger and slash greenhouse gas emissions. While the goals are commendable, are the shifts suggested by the FAO the real deal – or just pie in the sky? Here are five tests.