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Agriculture
USAID, donors must rethink Africa’s flagging Green Revolution, new evaluation shows By Timothy A. Wise
As fertilizer and food prices spike with rising energy prices from the Russia-Ukraine war, African farmers and governments need the...
Read moreCoalition demands ban of Bt Cowpea in Nigeria and other West African countries
By Judith Ufford Bt-Cowpea approved in Nigeria, Ghana to follow. Nigeria is the first country to commercially release Bt Cowpea,...
Read moreStill Failing Africa’s Farmers Donor-funded evaluation: “AGRA did not meet its headline goal” By Timothy A. Wise
African smallholder farmer pix: AGRA Earlier this week, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa published an evaluation funded...
Read moreBiosafety Agency’s DG denies calling GMO critics terrorists
By Judith Ufford Dr. Rufus Ebegba, DG NBMA. Director-General (DG), National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) Dr. Rufus Ebegba has denied...
Read moreRIGHT OF REPLY: Anti-Genetically Modified Organism (GMOs) campaigners are not terrorists …A response to the Director-General, National Biosafety Management, NBMA.
Anti -Genetically Modified Organism (GMOs) campaigners have replied to a statement from the Director-General, National Biosafety Management (NBMA), Dr. Rufus...
Read moreWTO urges to end agricultural subsidies
Washington - The director general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, urged on Friday to reach agreements between...
Read moreUN calls for better agri-food systems to address food insecurity and inequality
Refugee and host community farmers sort through maize at Makpandu refugee camp in South Sudan, January 2021. /UNHCR United Nations...
Read moreWorld Food Day: Conflicts push 12.8m Nigerians to hunger
Femi Ibirogba, Head, Agro-Economy A trader display farm produce at Wuse Market, Abuja, Nigeria, on August 17, 2021. (Photo...
Read moreGreen Revolution:Theory of change or business as usual?By Timothy A. Wise
This year's African Green Revolution Forum ended with a whimper, not a bang, as assembled business, government, and philanthropic leaders...
Read moreNigeria: Farmers Fret Over Rejection of Nigeria’s Food Crops in International Markets
This Day (Lagos)By Gilbert Ekugbe Agricultural stakeholders have lamented over the high rejection of locally produced food crops at the...
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