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November 23, 2023
Nigeria’s GM Potato project concludes first-year trial, shows 300% yield advantage
The Genetically Modified (GM) Potato Project ongoing in Nigeria has concluded its first-year multi-locational confined trial in three locations
December 20, 2022
Nigeria harvests first batch of biotech-potatoes
Elder Isaiah Buwah is growing potatoes for forty years in the Plateau State, North Central Nigeria. Having seen the impact from late blight first hand, he truly enjoyed the harvest of the first batch of - resistant - biotech potatoes.
July 14, 2022
Facing high wheat prices, Nigerian bakers turn to (sweet) potato puree
In the midst of a sunlit room in Nnewi, south-east Nigeria, a woman measures out four parts of sweet potato puree – the colour of apricot – into a large basin containing six parts wheat flour.
November 23, 2021
Nigeria wants to be among the top three potato producers in the world by 2025
Mustapha Baba Shehuri, minister of state for agriculture and rural development, says Nigeria will be among the world’s top three potato producing countries by 2025.
February 04, 2019
Construction Potato Tissue Culture Lab in Plateau State, Nigeria started
In Nigeria, the Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, attended the official start of the construction of a Potato Tissue Culture Laboratory in the Mangu Local Government Area. Sponsored Content
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