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GMOs: Nigeria not dumping ground for risky technologies

We are at crossroads in the struggle for sustainable agriculture, safe foods, biosafety and biosecurity. Navigating this intersection and assuring Nigerians that their concerns...

admin - May 26, 2016

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Forests to cover one quarter of China under nation’s ‘eco-civilisation’

UNEP reports shed light on how countries are using different tools to shift to low-carbon, resource-efficient economies that achieve sustainable development Almost one quarter of...

admin - May 26, 2016

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IITA moves to save threatened tree species

For the past year, the Forest Unit of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has been restoring the Arboretum in the IITA-Ibadan campus in...

admin - May 18, 2016

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Poland rejects GMOs

Poland is the latest country to reject genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in their food production, thus exercising a right granted to all EU member...

Michael Simire - May 17, 2016

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Group expands smallholder farmer services to Malawi, Uganda

One Acre Foundation, a non-profit agriculture organisation that supplies smallholder farmers with the financing and training they need to increase their incomes and food...

admin - May 5, 2016

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Food security and sustainable agriculture – a hanging fruit?

Nigeria, with over 170 million people, is one of the most populated countries in Africa. Before the oil boom, the economy was known to...

admin - May 2, 2016

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Osun adopts measures to curb deforestation

Governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on Tuesday reiterated the commitment of his administration to agriculture and forestry development for the attainment of...

admin - April 20, 2016

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Burkina Faso bans Monsanto’s GM cotton

Burkina Faso is phasing out the production of genetically modified cotton introduced by Monsanto Co., the world’s largest seed company, because growers are unhappy...

admin - April 14, 2016

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