The Central Bank of Nigeria has banned the importation of maize into the country to increase the local production, stimulate a rapid economic recovery, safeguard rural livelihoods and increase jobs which were lost as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
Agriculture
Kenya beats back desert locust upsurge for now, but East Africa remains at risk
Cyril Ferrand, Food and Agriculture Organizations (FAO) resilience team leader for East Africa, has highlighted the UN organisation’s progress in combating Desert Locusts in East African countries
‘Free trade can prevent hunger caused by future shifts in climate patterns’
International trade can compensate for regional reductions in agricultural production and reduce hunger when protectionist measures and other barriers to trade are eliminated, according to a study published in Nature Climate Change
Belarus agriculture deal set to boost Zimbabwe's food security
A US$58mn deal between the two countries will revolutionalise Zimbabwes agriculture industry, stated Zimbabwes Honorary Consul to Belarus Alexander Zingman
Tropic Biosciences and BASF to utilise GEiGS technology to develop traits for growers
Tropic Biosciences and BASF have joined hands to utilise Tropic’s ‘Gene Editing induced Gene Silencing’ (GEiGS) technology to develop traits to address growers’ most critical challenges in protecting crops
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