NAERLS organized a retreat for its management staff with the theme: NAERLS Mandate and Quality Extension Deliverable: Way Forward. The retreat was organied at National Water Resource Research Institute, Mando, Kaduna between February 15-17, 2018.

The Honourable Minister of Agriculture Chief Audu Ogbe visits NAERLS on the 19th January, 2018. During his working visit, the Minister tours the facilities of NAERLS which among others includes the National Farmers Helpline Centre, Farm Broadcast studios, and NAERLS printing Press.

The NAERLS Management has award staff with outstanding performance during the year ending 2017. The categories of award includes; best head of department, best academic staff, best senior staff, best zonal officer, best junior staff and best security staff.

The 2017 Agricultural Extension Review and Planning Meeting is to hold at the Conference Hall of NAERLS, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, from 27 to 30 November 2017.

A Chat with Mallam S.U. Tsauri Genetically modified (GM) crops have many potential advantages in terms of raising agricultural productivity and reducing the need for (environmentally harmful) pesticides. They might also pose hazards to human health, from toxicity and increased risk of allergies, for example. However, particularly in Europe, regulations designed to ensure adequate safety

CYMMIT, IITA, Others Congratulate NAERLS on its leadership role in the Promotion of STMA The Nigerian Team has once again won the Best Maize Technology Promotion Award in the West Africa subregion category. The 2016 Award for the highest achiever in the promotion of Stress-Tolerant Maize for Africa (STMA) Project is the first, as the

ABU partners CIEGRAM, FUGA and UMD to convert plant along Hadeja Irrigation Channels Communities along the Hadeja Irrigation Channels in Jigawa State can now be rest assured that their economic status would soon receive an uplift as a project to convert Typha grass to Biogas and animal feed and, thereby, better their agricultural productivity and

2017 NIFAAS Innovation Fair: Call for Proposals NIFAAS announces the submission of proposal on Innovations (a Technology/ Process/ Approach/Strategy) ready and worthy of scaling up, for presentation at the next NIFAAS Annual General Meeting. The innovation should be something specific that will increase the small-scale farmers’ production and productivity hence their quality of life. Rationale