GMO: Nigerian farmers speak, demand for seeds availability

 The much criticisms against Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) using science of Biotechnology (Bt) engineering to enhance agricultural production in Nigeria seem not to have any negative impact on farmers who are the end users of these improved modified seeds for food cultivations. Food Farm News recent visit to some farm locations where especially the Bt cowpea are planted with high dividend of economic returns have revealed this.

Rising Population:Experts, others endorse Bt innovations for food security

Scientists, farmers, media and civil society at a recently held science journalists hangout in Abuja have supported adoption of  biotechnology (Bt) to galvanize our agricultural commercialization for better earnings and job creations against our rising population.

Conventional farming can’t guarantee food security — Prof Mustapha

The Director General, National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Professor Abdullahi Mustapha has reiterated that traditional farming will not be able to sustain food security without the use of modern day technologies  as population keeps increasing in Nigeria. 

GMO, a panacea not to sleep on empty stomach, says NABDA DG

 The application of Genetically Modified Crops (GMOs) technology into our food security programme has a solution to avert people from going to sleep without food in their stomachs, said the DG/CEO National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha. Prof. Mustapha stated this at a GMO food largess hosted by Open Forum for Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB) as guests were treated to delicacies made from bt cowpea beans.

Bt Cowpea: Farmers promises 12.5m hectares in Africa as it commercially launches

As Pod Borer Resistant (PBR) cowpea is officially launched for commercialization at Kano last Monday, the President, All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) Architect Ibrahim Kabiru has said that African farmers would dedicate 12.5 million hectares of land for the cultivations of this particular genetically modified (GM) variety for its resilience and resistance to pest diseases to achieve the maximum yields toward food security.

Bt cowpea has economic value of $638, says OFAB Director

The country director, Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB) Dr. Rose Gidado has said the newly released bt cowpea by the national released committee would generate $638 million in six years into the economy through its sales alone.