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A Professor of Food Science and Technology at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike (MOUAU), Abia State, Dr. Titus Nwabueze has called for research synergy among agronomists, academia, engineers, and plant breeders, among others, to address challenges hampering massive plantations of high yielding varieties of African Breadfruit trees. Nwabueze, who made the call while…

The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) is seeking collaboration with the Interpol as part of efforts to ensure safe application of modern biotechnology and the use of its products, which includes Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). Director General of the Agency, Dr. Rufus Ebegba disclosed this when he led the management team of the agency on…

For agriculture to be worthwhile, Biotechnology must be employed rather than reliance on crude techniques that do not confront present day challenges in agriculture. This was the submission of stakeholders at the South West Zonal Sensitisation Workshop on Biotechnology and Biosafety, held at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, with the theme: “Agricultural Biotechnology:…

Twelve African countries will be meeting in Cotonou, Benin Republic from Thursday, June 7 to Saturday, June 9, 2018, to discuss joint actions towards responding to the threat of Cassava Viral Diseases (CVD), ravaging the continent. The high-level meeting, convened by government of Benin Republic in partnership with the West African Virus Epidemiology (WAVE) Program,…

The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has disclosed plans to launch a second Nano satellite on agriculture. The satellite, that is codenamed EDUSAT-2, would be launched in collaboration with Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State. Head, Media and Corporate Communications of the agency, Dr. Felix Ale, disclosed this in a statement yesterday. He said…

To boost sales and scope of agric business in Nigeria, a Lagos-based businessman, Folorunso Muyiwa, has created a new platform aimed at refocusing livestock farming. The initiative, called “PorkMoney”, considers the health benefits of pork and the financial benefits related to its sales as a lucrative source that will in the long term contribute immensely…

In pursuance of its core strategic focus of transforming the agricultural sector, to feed the nation, Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc (FMN) has announced a strategic partnership with Corteva AgriscienceTM, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont, on hybrid maize seed development.

The National Cashew Association of Nigeria (NCAN) has re-emphasised the need by government and other stakeholders in the value chain to checkmate excesses of foreigners encroaching the country’s farm gates.

As part of efforts to ensure continuous supply of high quality frozen seafood products and affordable fish protein, the Atlantic Shrimpers Limited (ASL) has unveiled two newly acquired trawlers-Seven Stars I and Seven Stars II, as part of its growing trawler fleet.

A Professor of Plant Ecology and Environmental Management at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike (MOUAU), Abia State, Dr. Emmanuel Nzegbule has recommended regular sensitisation of farmers on cultivation systems as antidote to tackling declining soil productivity in the Southeast.

The Chairman Governing Council Chairman of Federal College of Agriculture, Akure (FECA), Chief Bayo Oyero, has urged all colleges and institutes of agriculture in the country to emulate the initiatives and projects going on in FECA, so as to expedite the agricultural policies of the Federal Government. Oyero stated this when he led a delegation…

Farmers have been advised not to take pest control for granted in preparing their fields for cultivation, as the planting season gets underway. Dizengoff’s Manager, in charge of agrochemicals, Stephen Adeniran, who said this in Lagos, while previewing the company’s progress in the agric sector in recent times, said going by experiences of the recent,…