NIGERIA'S federal government has granted approval for the evaluation and open cultivation of a genetically modified (GM) maize variety known as Tela developed by researchers at the Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR) at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria.
Approval for the cultivation of the crop was announced by...
Ayo Akinfe
(1) I wonder if Nigerians have noted how certain companies and countries are exploiting the economic openings this pandemic provides. For starters, online firms such as Zoom, WhatApp, Instagram, Twitter, etc are making a killing. So too as green companies like Tesla, who are cashing in on reduced travel. Nigeria has a...
NIGERIA is one of six African countries that have significantly stepped up the production of genetically modified (GM) crops over the last year as part of a masterplan to dramatically boost food production across the continent.
According to a recent report by the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech...
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