Author: Adewale Kupoluyi
The Muslim community has been called upon to disregard some of the health and religious concerns being expressed against genetically modified crops. The Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of the National Biotechnology Research and Development Agency (NABDA), Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha, made this appeal during a sensitisation workshop on GMOs and their products for the Islamic community in Abuja.Mustapha said, “We recognise that Islamic teaching demands that what we consume be both halal and tayyib – wholesome, pure and free from harm. It is our shared responsibility to ensure that any agricultural biotechnology product we embrace aligns fully with these higher objectives of Sharīah, protecting life,…
The Federal Government has expressed its determination to develop Nigeria’s livestock sector, as a strategic measure to address the persistent farmers-herders clashes and unlock the sector’s vast economic potential for national development.This assurance was given by the Co-Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Livestock Reforms, Prof. Attahiru Jega, during the government-citizens engagement forum, put together by the Sir Ahmadu Bello Foundation in Kaduna. Jega maintained that the newly-created Ministry of Livestock Development is a key component of President Bola Tinubu’s blueprint for transforming the sector. “President Tinubu is very much interested in the Ministry of Livestock and did not want issues of farmer-herders clashes again in the country”, he added.The ‘farmers-herders crisis’ has been a long-standing conflict between…
The Ogun State government, through the State Economic Transformation Project (OGSTEP), has distributed water pumping machines and irrigation equipment to 100 farmers’ groups, as part of efforts to support agricultural development, improve livelihood, and enhance food security. The state Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Bolu Owotomo, said the water pumping machines and irrigation equipment were to support farmers across the four agricultural zones in the state to ensure all season farming. Owotomo spoke at the flag-off ceremony for the distribution of the machines to beneficiaries at the OGSTEP training room, Oke-Ilewo, Abeokuta. According to him, the initiative’s goal is to boost crop yields and productivity, which would help ensure food security…
