@B4FA: Nigeria: Jonathan partners world leaders, industrialists on GM foods, by B4FA Media Fellow Mohammed Kandi http://t.co/2G4cLiL76h
This week you’ll find a fresh set of articles from our B4FA Media Fellows from Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda. The diversity of topics is impressive – GMO safety, renewed interest in indigenous crops, agricultural research funding, community seed banks and much more.
SciDev.net published a report on Mapping the impact of science journalism, while a new ‘massive’ review has been published on the consensus on GMO safety.
As always, please send any comments, questions or relevant articles/videos/radio reports to [email protected].
New ‘Viewpoint’ on B4FA.org: Agricultural delivery systems – Some options for East Africa, by Johanna Nesseth Tuttle
‘Madness’ of opposition to GM crops says Glover
Scotsman.com
Agri losses can be addressed with biotech, says Nigerian official
Crop Biotech Update
Massive Review Reveals Consensus on GMO Safety
RealClearScience.com
Mapping the impact of science journalism
SciDev.net
GMOs Undergo Safety Checks
EU Braces Up To Fight Malnutrition
Norway Assists Farmers To Solve Climate Change Impacts
Spy Ghana, by B4FA Media Fellow Samuel Hinneh
VIDEO: Dibbling of Rice Field aided in Improved Yields
VIDEO: Weeds invades Rice Fields in East Gonja District In Northern Ghana
VIDEO: Integrated Agricultural Productivity Improvement Marketing Project
By B4FA Media Fellow Noah Nash
AUDIO: Crop breeding and the cost of production – Savannah Agricultural Research Institute
AUDIO: Indigenous food vs. GMOs
Diamond FM, by B4FA Media Fellow Nelson Nyadror
Focus on Develop’t of Root and Tuber Crops, Prz Mahama urges Scientists
By B4FA Media Fellow Francis Npong
Ensuring food surplus through genetic modification
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) / Nigerian Pilot, by B4FA Media Fellow Ifeanyi Nwoko
Harnessing the economic potential of tiger nut and walnut
NAN / Nigerian Pilot, by B4FA Media Fellow Ifeanyi Nwoko
Director urges adequate funding of agric research institutes
Stakeholders attribute low investment in research to lack of confidence
Agric graduates complain of insufficient funding, lack of motivation
NSPRI develops solar tent dryer for cocoa
NAN, by B4FA Media Fellow Salimat Garba
House of Reps to ensure resuscitation of comatose agric farms
Legis Reports Nigeria, by B4FA Media Fellow Eyo Charles
Jonathan partners world leaders, industrialists on GM foods
Nigeria’s 53 years of stunted growth in agriculture (co-written with Patrick Andrew)
People’s Daily, by B4FA Media Fellow Kandi Mohammed
Agric: Key to achieving MDGs
Daily Trust, by B4FA Media Fellow Hope Abah
Coffee to boost GDP by earning the country $200 million in 2021
Corporate Digest, by B4FA Media Fellow Dorithy Ndeketela
Dar Farmers to Benefit From Drought Tolerant Maize Varieties
Tanzania Daily News / AllAfrica.com, by B4FA Media Fellow Finnigan wa Simbeye
Farmers get $12m grant
East African Business Week, by B4FA Media Fellow Leonard Magomba
HRNS sasa yahamasisha maguezi katika kahawa
Changamoto, by B4FA Media Fellow Samson Kamalamo
AUDIO: Uganda Plant Variety Bill with interview of farmer Victoria Sekitoleko
UBC, by B4FA Media Fellow Sara Natoolo
Mbarara Research Institute introduces a new variety of peas to fight malnutrition among children
Makerere University releases new soybean varieties to guard against rust disease
UBC, by B4FA Media Fellow Sarah Mawerere
Gov’t to establish community seed banks
AUDIO: Interview with head of the national gene bank, Dr Wasswa Mulumba Part 1, Part 2
Farmers in Kasese decry high production costs
Radio Sapientia, by B4FA Media Fellow Paschal B. Bagonza
Increasing your farm yields and income without expanding acreage
The Monitor, by B4FA Media Fellow Michael Ssali
Etolomu bobo NaSARRI emaido ecie
Researchers at the Serere based National Semi-Arid Resources Research Institute (NaSARRI) have produced a new variety of improved and high yielding groundnuts,known as Acholi white.Senior Research Officer,David Okello Kalule says the new variety is resistant to diseases and drought.Details are published in a story appearing Etop newspaper.
Etop / New Vision, by B4FA Media Fellow James Odongo
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