As Nigeria’s agricultural sector setback hangs on lack of infrastructure, insecurity and negative impact of climate change, the National Biotechnology
Development Agency is offering new tools for increasing agricultural productivity and protection for food crops from climate changes,such as, heat, floods and drought.
Gidado while speaking on biotechnology workshop event for Senior Editors organised by the Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology in Africa, Nigeria Chapter, an initiative of the African Agricultural Technology Foundation under the auspices of the National Biotechnology Development Agency in Lagos with the theme.‘The Role of Editors in Communicating Agricultural Biotechnology’ said, on October 8, 2020, the NBMA approved the cultivation of TELA maize, .
“Biotechnology offers new tools for increasing agricultural productivity and protecting food crops from climate changes such as heat, floods, and drought,” she said. She also explained that, no trace of ill health or safety concerns have been traced to the already two commercialised biotech crops, Bt-cotton, and BR Cowpea in the market.
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