“We plan to develop a National Biotechnology Communication policy in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.”

Governor Fayemi hinted this on Sunday at his Isan-Ekiti country home.

“We have brought together a class of about 35 participants and have taken them through various ways of handling flour. "

The brand was introduced to farmers in Nigeria at the Seed Connect Conference and Expo, 2019, hosted by the National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC) in Abuja, recently.

• Deficit limits potential to address food insecurity, malnutrition, climate change • Nigeria-based Value Seeds tops the rankings in West/Central Africa

The loan guaranteed by the First City Monument Bank (FCMB) was the initiative of the TOOAN.

Deadline: 5th May 2019.

Cocoa is one of its biggest operations with the company claiming to be the world’s leading supplier of cocoa beans and ingredients like cocoa powder, cocoa butter, and cocoa mass. Its goal is to produce 100% traceable cocoa from its direct origin supply c...

“Unlike before when the dreaded pest ravaged tomato farms unabated, farmers this year have found a solution in Tai han pesticide which has strong effect against tuta absoluta,”

“Biotechnology can contribute to enhancing food security so that we can eradicate hunger and poverty in Africa”

“There is a need for proper planning in agriculture to enable governments at all levels to develop the sector."

“We took pains to find a way out of the situation because many farmers are forced to dispose their onions at give-away prices, or risk loosing the stock to poor storage."

• Firm to empower households with 10 million Noiler birds

“Plantain is very easy to cultivate and maintain, unlike other cash crops that require so much time and money to maintain. It is a low capital agribusiness; very lucrative and almost every Nigerian soil is good for it,”

The forum would deliberate global views of coconut investment, its economic impact, its financing and return on investment.

“When the government buys your seeds and asks you to dump them at the warehouse, to get the money back is so difficult and as a true businessman, it’s not so sustainable. What is important is to see seed as a business and work within the ethics of the bu...