Cryofixation and electron tomography reveals novel compartment in arbuscular mycorrhiza

Cryofixation and electron tomography reveals novel compartment in arbuscular mycorrhiza

Agricultural productivity depends on supplying crops with adequate nutrients. To that end there is interest in using an ancient plant symbiosis with fungi to improve the ability of crops to absorb nutrients from the soil.

NATIONAL VALIDATION WORKSHOP ON THE STUDY CONDUCTED BY NANTS ON ARTICULATING NIGERIA’S AGRICULTURAL TRADE STRATAGIES FOR THE AFRICAN CONTINENTAL FREE TRADE (AfCFTA) NEGOTIATIONS (Abuja, 28th March 2019).

Ken UKAOHA, Esq. 

1.0. Background and Participation

Precisely on 21st March 2018, in Kigali - Rwanda, about 44 out of the 55 African Governments signed the framework deal for the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) at the African Union summit, and since then, many others have also signed and even ratified the agreement.

PRESS RELEASE- FG, NETHERLANDS GOVERNMENT TO COLLABORATE ON IMPROVED SEEDS IN AGRICULTURE SECTOR

 Hon Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh 

The Hon Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has disclosed the Federal Government’s readiness to collaborate with the Government of Netherlands   on   improved seeds /seedlings in order to   boost agricultural production in the country.

Craving for Alternative Energy: ABU Zaria and UN Nsukka In-depth Progress

Ibrahim Garba, VC of ABU Zaria.

Globally, there are three fundamental functions of a university system in a nation building. The functions are teaching, research and community service. These functions require enormous and consistent use of human and materials sources, conducive-atmosphere and continuous supply of energy to operate the system.

Where do the best strawberries grow?

Flower-eating pollen beetles in the blossoms of strawberry plants.

Agricultural production benefits enormously from flower-visiting bees and other flower-visiting insects. Because of their supply of flowering plants and opportunities for nesting, hedgerows and the edges of forests represent important habitats for pollinators.

EGTA, RMRDC to support Kebbi on commodity value chain development

Dr. Ibrahim Hussaini Doko, Director General of the Raw Materials Research and Development Council, RMRDC

Farmers and other stakeholders in the Agricultural Commodity Value Chain in Kebbi State are to benefit from a number of programs designed by the Raw Materials Research and Development Council and Employment Generation through Agriculture Initiative.

Images speaks @ the Annual Conference of the Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria (AESON), held in Abuja

Images speaks @ the Annual Conference of the Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria (AESON), held in Abuja

Images speaks @ the Annual Conference of the Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria (AESON), held in Abuja... see more images below..

Prehistoric food globalization spanned three millennia

Prehistoric food globalization spanned three millennia

Since the beginning of archaeology, researchers have combed the globe searching for evidence of the first domesticated crops.

Biotechnology to the rescue of Brussels sprouts

Biotechnology to the rescue of Brussels sprouts

An international team has identified the genes that make these plants resistant to the pathogen that attacks crops belonging to the cabbage family all over the world. "Surnames" aside, cabbages are grown nowadays all over the world.

Culprit found for honeybee deaths in California almond groves

Culprit found for honeybee deaths in California almond groves

It's about time for the annual mass migration of honeybees to California, and new research is helping lower the chances the pollinators and their offspring will die while they're visiting the West Coast.