The NAERLS Management team, lead by the Director, Professor Mohammed Khalid Othman, were in Abuja on Tuesday 22th November 2017 in a crucial interaction meeting with the Honourable Minister of State for Agriculture, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, in his office. The team was introduced to the Honourable Minister by Hajia Karima Babangida, the Director of Federal
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
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA AVERAGE PRICES OF SELECTED AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES IN NIGERIA AS 25th June to 1st July,2017. MARKETS STATES COWPEA (N/100 kg bag) RICE (N/100 kg bag) EGUSI (N/50 kg bag) SOYBEAN (N/100 kg bag) GARI (N/50 kg bag) MAIZE (N/100 kg bag) SORGHUM (N/100 kg bag)