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Global Road Safety Report to be Launched in December
By Gift Briton
The World Health Organization (WHO) is set to launch the Global Status Report on Road Safety 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland on 13th...
Innovative, Good Land Governance Policies could Unlock Africa’s Potential
By Christabel Ligami
If African countries create innovative and good governance policies that promote equitable access to land and create an enabling environment for investments,...
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75 Million Farmers to Benefit from CABI’s New Initiative on Pest Management
By Gift Briton
With agricultural extension services becoming increasingly weak in several countries globally, the Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI) is running a new programme expected to empower over 75 million smallholder farmers...
US$27M Initiative to Improve Cashew Nut Value Chain in West Africa
By Whitney Akinyi
Cashew nuts are pivotal to the West African food sector, with the region responsible for 44% of the world's cashew crop. Global cashew trade has more than doubled in the last decade,...
GMOs: Biosafety Laws are Key but Insufficient to Spur Commercialization
By Gift Briton
Nigeria is one of the leading African countries in genetically modified (GM) crops, starting with the commercial release of pest-resistant Bt cotton in 2018.
By 2023, the country had approved the cultivation and importation of at...
Africa Urged to Increase Investment in Research
By Gift Briton
The low level of investment in research in Africa, despite science, technology and innovation (ST&I) being the central factors in driving agricultural productivity and socio-economic development, raised deep concern among stakeholders...
