Varietal Release Committee suspends 4 GM cottons pending NBMA clearance

 

The National Varietal Release Committee ( NVRC) has suspended  four (4) Genetically Modified ( GM) cotton varieties recently released for commercialization at its 36th meeting held in Ibadan.

Lowland Rice Release: NCRI, ICS-CAAS-China announce a new drought tolerant variety-FARO 73

 

The Federal Government ( FG) constituted authority for the release and registration of improved crop varieties for food security, and nutritional value addition has officially approved the commercialization of a lowland rice variety called FARO 73 into the Nigeria market to boost food productivity just as to enhance national sufficiency of the nation's leading staple food.

$134M Agriculture Programme: Officials Debunk Wheat Funding Claims, Reveal Bigger Picture

 

Amid mounting public debate, officials overseeing the National Agricultural Growth Scheme–Agro Pocket (NAGS-AP) have pushed back against claims that a $134 million intervention fund is solely dedicated to wheat production, describing such assertions as misleading and incomplete.

Let us incorporate organisms against excess fertilizers, says IAR Ed

The Executive Director ( ED), Institute for Agricultural Research ( IAR), Zaria, Prof. Yusuf Ado has called on plant breeders to harness the organic nature in micro organisms to checkmate excessive use of inorganic fertilizers on soil and crops production.

Fertilizer Price Scandal: Insiders Allege Sabotage, Massive Procurement Inflation

 

Fresh controversy is rocking Nigeria’s agricultural sector as insider from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security ( FMAFS) has raised an alarm over a deliberate inflation of fertilizer procurement cost within the system.

Varietal registrar announces training for breeders

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO), National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology ( NACGRAB), Dr. A.U Okere said the centre would soon embark on breeders' training in order to achieve better varieties registration.

IAR ED emphasises on NARIs partnership

 

The Executive Director ( ED), Institute for Agricultural Research ( IAR,), Zaria, Prof. Yusuf Ado has expressed the need for more partnership synergy between National Agricultural Research Institutes ( NARIs), saying it would enhance technologies' wider spread across the nation towards food security.

FG releases maize for pop corn, meat Chicken, others

The 36th edition of National Varietal Release Committee (NVRC) Meeting for crops, livestock breed/ fisheries domiciled at NACGRAB, and chaired by Prof. Olusoji Olufajo has approved the first ever improved maize varieties for commercial pop corn production along with another quality meat chicken with several other releases that will ensure national food security inclusive of vitamin nutrients provision for the humans' body.

Images speak @ the 36th Varietal Release Meeting held today 26th 2026, at the Lafia Hotel, Ibadan.

 

Images speak @ the 36th Varietal Release Meeting held today 26th 2026, at the Lafia Hotel, Ibadan.

Stakeholders query CBN fertilizers sale

 

Stakeholders in Nigeria’s agricultural sector have raised concerns over the reported sale of fertilizers by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), pointed at how relevant this was to its mandate just as they questioned the expiration date of the items.