Nigerian cocoa farmers have threatened to go on a nationwide strike if Federal government does not address the neglect of…
Nigeria Has No Reason To Import Rice, Says Attajiri
By Abdallah el-Kurebe A rice milling firm has debuted in Sokoto with the managing director of the company, Alhaji Nura…
Food Insecurity, Unemployment Bane of Nigeria’s Development, Says Sultan Abubakar
By Abdallah el-Kurebe Sultan Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar has observed that insecurity, unemployment and food insecurity were some of the problems…
UDUS Swears In 52 New Medical Doctors
By Abdallah el-Kurebe The Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS) has sworn in 52 new Medical Doctors that studied for the…
Private Orthopedic Hospital Conducts First Hip Replacement in Sokoto
By Abdallah el-Kurebe For the first time in the whole of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states, the Bone and Joint…
Polio: 240,000 Children To Receive Injectable Vaccine, Says WHO
By Abdallah el-Kurebe The World Health Organization(WHO) has said that at least, 240,000 children would be immunized during the Injectable…
How I got converted to GMO food
By Mark Lynas APRIL 24, 2015 NAIROBI, Kenya — Mohammed Rahman doesn’t know it yet, but his small farm in central…
Researchers Partner On New African opportunities for sustainable food systems
By Abdallah el-Kurebe Twenty-three (23) African and European research partners are presently collaborating on a long term research and innovation…
Press Release: Nigeria Gets Biosafety Law
PRESS RELEASE By Prof. Lucy Jumeyi Ogbadu, Director-General/CEO, National Biotechnology Development Agency, Abuja Nigeria has finally joined the league of…
Nigeria Gets Biosafety Law, Joins League of Biotechnology countries
By Abdallah el-Kurebe Nigeria has finally joined the league of biotechnology countries with the signing the National Biosafety Agency Bill…
Nairobi ABBC-2015 Declaration: Lift Ban on GMO Imports in Kenya
Delegates from 30 countries from around the world, attending an International Agri-Biotech and Biosafety Communication Conference (ABBC-2015) in Nairobi have…
Large Consumption, Impact of Climate Change Will Affect Food Security and Water Supplies – Says FAO
By Abdallah el-Kurebe The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has said although there would be enough water to produce…
Off-grid Smart Villages States key role of mini-hydro schemes in Nepal
Off-grid Smart Villages States key role of mini-hydro schemes in Nepal By Abdallah el-Kurebe As a follow up to the…
Arusha Hosts Post-Durban Dialogue On Climate Change and Agriculture
By Abdallah el-Kurebe A three-day Post-Durban Dialogue on climate change and agriculture, aimed at examining the outcome of the United…
Modern Agric Biotech: Lessons From Brazil For Africa
By Abdallah el-Kurebe Journalists, farmers, scientists, biosafety regulators and agribusiness companies from Argentina, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Uganda and…
Climate Change, Adaptation and African Agriculture
By Abdallah el-Kurebe Key Facts ¤ The scientific evidence is clear: global climate change caused by human activities is occurring…
CSE Questions US’ Commitment on Climate Targets
By Abdallah el-Kurebe The New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has described the United State’s climate action…
An aspirin a day may keep HIV away, U of M study finds
By Daniel Foster, Flickr An affordable, globally available drug – low-dose Aspirin – shows promise as a new approach to…
Nigeria: Agency to train 270,000 Rice, Maize, Soya beans farmers in Kaduna
The Kaduna State Agricultural Development Agency, on Friday said it would train 270,000 Rice, Soya beans and Maize farmers in…
Laureates letter supporting Precision Agriculture (GMOs)
To the Leaders of Greenpeace, the United Nations and Governments around the world The United Nations Food & Agriculture Program…
Ghana: Farmers in northern region endorse GM cowpea
By Classfmonline.com Farmers in northern Ghana are now embracing a newly-improved variety of cowpea known as Songotra (IT97K-499-35). This is…
Finally, there’s a way to keep syphilis growing in the lab
By Leah Rosenbaum For more than a century, scientists have tried to grow Treponema pallidum, the corkscrew-shaped bacterium that causes syphilis.…
Nigeria: Lagos State govt cleans up illegal dumpsite in Apapa
In order to ensure a cleaner and healthier environment, the Lagos State Ministry of Environment on Saturday mopped up an…
WHO says adults require less than 5g of salt daily
The World Health Organisation (WHO), has recommended that every adult should consume less than five grammes of salt; less than…
Birthplace of African rice domestication identified in Mali
An international study, coordinated by researchers from the French national Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD France), and involving the…
Delhi-NCR’s comprehensive clean air action plan is floundering
In 2015, the Union ministry of environment, forests & climate change (MoEF&CC) had announced new emission norms for thermal power plants…
Air pollution contributes significantly to diabetes globally
By EarthScience2018 New research links outdoor air pollution — even at levels deemed safe — to an increased risk of…
Nigeria: Adamawa records 1,564 cases of cholera
Dr Amos Ujulu, Director of Disease Control Department (DCD), Adamawa State Primary Health Care Development Agency (ASPHCDA), says the state…
Scientists develop new malaria vaccine using parasite mapping technique
Australian scientists on Thursday said they have taken a crucial step toward in developing a new malaria vaccine by using a…
WHO reveals new drug to save thousands of women’s lives from post-childbirth bleeding
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that a new drug – Carbetocin – has the potential to save thousands…
194 WHO member states finally ratify treaty against illicit tobacco trade
The 194 Member States of the World Health Organisation (WHO) have finally ratified the framework on tobacco control. The ratification, aaccording…
Emirates Airline, US firm to build $40m vertical farm
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) flagship carrier, Emirates Airline, has launched a joint project with U.S. Crop One Holdings, to…
Nigeria: FAO targets 149,730 farming households in 2018 rainy season in Northeast
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says it plans to assist more than one million people in the Northeast to…
East African, Spain researchers to develop climate-smart cassava
A group of researchers from Kenya, Tanzania and Spain have joined forces to develop a breed of cassava which would…
Using CRISPR to block production of HIV in infected cells
By Kristen Hovet Contracting HIV is no longer the death sentence that it was in the 1980s and early 90s. The…
Talking food system jobs
In developing countries, the food system employs the majority of people in self and wage employment both on and off the farm.…
Octopuses can ‘see’ with their skin
Detecting light away from eyes can trigger animals’ color changes By SUSAN MILIUS Octopus skin can detect light and respond…
Genetically modified animals
Despite its potential to battle disease and hunger, genetically engineered food is still controversial By Ian Tucker Pigs Last week, scientists…
AATF receives grant to make new drought-tolerant, insect-resistant maize hybrids available to farmers in Africa
The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) has been awarded a $24.6 million grant by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for the…
GCP21 calls for regional action to stem Cassava Mosaic Disease outbreak in Southeast Asia
ByStuart Smyth The Global Cassava Partnerships for the 21st Century (GCP21) has called for urgent regional approach to halt the spread…
How foreign governments, eNGOs are playing politics over a handful of GM wheat kernels
ByStuart Smyth In mid-June 2018, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) reported that a few GM wheat plants had been detected…
Ultra-processed foods and noncommunicable diseases
Unhealthy commodities (including ultra-processed foods, soft drinks, tobacco and alcohol) are important risk factors for many chronic noncommunicable diseases. 60…
