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Agricultural biotechnology versus food security

The daily threat posed by climate change and the growing population has strengthened the need for expert to develop research and findings to help attain food security and feed 9 Billion people by 2050. On the 7th of February 2017, The Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN) held a GMO workshop with focus on attaining food security. The event took place at the... More

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Can Anything Good Come out of Agriculture?

I remember back then as a little boy in the village, going to the farm with my father after school was such a hectic task for me. My father was a cassava farmer; he also had a large cocoa plantation which he inherited from his father. I hated farming and everything that had to do with. But that was our only... More

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Livestock as income generation for African youth

Africa is a net importer of food, spending more than $20 billion each year on food imports. As the African population continues to grow and urbanize at a fast rate, African agriculture and related value chains will be required to grow and evolve quickly. Addressing these problems calls for various initiatives; spanning macro-economic policy, improvements and access to technologies that can... More

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Migrating ; what for?

According to the UN - Youths are seen as one of the most mobile social groups in migration context. They make up about 30% of international migrants. Migration could arise as a result of tranfer or a change in job, education or an entire family or individual relocating abroad for "greener pastures". Some could also be within a particular country for... More

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