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Food market. PHOTO:SUNDAY AKINLOLU

Averting looming food crisis

Warnings by some multilateral organisations over worsening food scarcity, no doubt, captured the grim picture of the food security situation in Nigeria that needs to be addressed
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Four unmodified plants (left) grow beside four plants (right) engineered with alternate routes to bypass photorespiration — an energy-expensive process that costs yield potential. The modified plants are able to reinvest their energy and resources to boost productivity by 40 percent. Credit: RIPE Project

Experts seek moratorium on GM crops release

Experts have canvassed the need to place a 10-year moratorium on the further release of Genetically Modified crops until the country is able to label its food in the open market.
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This aerial view shows bags of rice at the launch of the largest rice pyramids in Abuja, Nigeria, on January 18, 2022. - The bags of rice which were planted and harvested by Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) from states in Nigeria, are one million rice paddies stacked in 15 separate pyramids which is expected to solve the food crisis in Nigeria. (Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP)

Rice pyramids and Nigeria’s production puzzle

Rice is among the few critical grains consumed by the growing world population as the current global production reaches 755,473,800 tonnes per year, but Nigeria is yet to maximise
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[FILES] A man browse for traditional medicaments at a market in Katsina on December 15, 2021. - Africa's most populous country is struggling with double-digit inflation, especially high food prices, and many Nigerians are looking for ways to save on basic expenses. (Photo by Aminu ABUBAKAR / AFP)

WOFAN, Mastercard Foundation commit to food security promotion

The President of Women Farmers Advancement Network (WOFAN) has reiterated the commitment of the organisation to promote food security through its recently launched ICON programme
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Director, Special Duties, Daily-Need Group, Oluwaseun Jolayemi (left); Chairman, DNG, Otumba (Dr.) Matthew Jolayemi; the Managing Director, DNG, Oluwatosin Jolayemi and Chief Medical Director, Sparklight Hospital, Lagos, Dr. Ahmed Omilana, at the commissioning of the clinic at DNG’s office, Mushin, Lagos.

DNG opens in-house clinic, thanks staffers

As a way of ensuring safe and healthy of its staffers, Daily-Need Group (DNG), Nigeria’s foremost manufacturer of pharmaceutical, food and personal care products, has commissioned a well-furnished
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