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Osun identifies 60 million active cocoa trees

Revenues from cocoa and other prominent farms produce in which Osun State has comparative advantages have great capacities to turn around the economy and...

Poisoned French farmer wins lawsuit against Monsanto

A French court of appeal has upheld a judgement against US biotech giant Monsanto in the poisoning of a farmer with a corn herbicide. Monsanto...

Farmers can double cassava yield with improved weed control

Preliminary results from experimental plots carried out by researchers working under the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) led Cassava Weed Management Project show...

Donors urged to support Africa ecological farming

Foundations and international donors can play a greater role in providing assistance to scale-up ecological farming initiatives in Africa, according to a report released...

Food security: Groups take up climate justice campaign

Oxfam Nigeria, with the Human and Environment Development Agenda (HEDA), has launched the food and climate justice campaign with the aim of changing public...

AU, NEPAD launch roadmap for agriculture growth

The African Union Commission (AUC) and NEPAD Agency have launched the AU Implementation Strategy and Roadmap to achieve the 2014 Malabo Declaration, for agricultural...

Report: Africa must embrace ‘wet markets’ as key to food security

Studies find informal markets provide essential sources of food and income for millions of poor, with milk and meat that is often safer than...

Abdalla Hamdok: How Africa can feed its people, create wealth

Deputy Executive Secretary at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (NECA), Dr Abdalla Hamdok, laments on Wednesday in Marrakech, Morocco at the opening...

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Obasanjo, Osinbajo, six former African leaders sign Cape Town Declaration, seek debt relief

Eight former African Heads of State and Government, including Nigeria's Olusegun Obasanjo and Yemi Osinbajo, have signed the Cape Town...
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Eterna Plc boss, Olumide Adeosun, highlights future opportunities in Nigeria’s downstream energy sector

At the ongoing Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES) 2025 in Abuja, Olumide Adeosun, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer...

Dangote Refinery crashes petrol price by N65 to N825 per litre

Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals has slashed the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), or petrol, for the second...

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Obasanjo, Osinbajo, six former African leaders sign Cape Town Declaration, seek debt relief

Eight former African Heads of State and Government, including...

Eterna Plc boss, Olumide Adeosun, highlights future opportunities in Nigeria’s downstream energy sector

At the ongoing Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES) 2025...
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