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Archive for May, 2012

Business Day: Plateau spends N121m on internet

She said that another N10 million was spent for the purchase of special species of cassava from International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, so as to test their adaptability to the Plateau topography. Piwuna expressed happiness that…

Water and food security – A fresh perspective

Food security traditionally looks at whether we can produce enough food. It is less often looked at in terms of who can afford to buy food. Our attention should not just be on the quantity of food being grown, but also on how poorer families can earn e…

Sustainable Food Security and Climate Change

Date: 31 May 2012; Time:  12:30 pm to 2:00 pm EDT (Please join us for lunch beginning at 12:00 pm); Live webcast coming up at the scheduled time Presenter(s):  Chair: Gerald Nelson, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI; Speakers: William Hohenstein, Directo…