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World Congress on Root & Tuber Crops – WCRTC, 5 – 10th October 2015
Welcome to the First World Congress on Root and Tuber Crops – WCRTC – resulting from the merger of the 3rd Scientific Conference of the Global Cassava Partnership for the 21st Century (GCP21) & the 17th Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root...
Africa Research Excellence Fund – New Programme of AREF Research Development Fellowships
THE AFRICA RESEARCH EXCELLENCE FUND IS PLEASED TO GIVE NEWS OF A NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR OUTSTANDING EARLY-CAREER AFRICAN RESEARCHERS. The new programme of AREF Research Development Fellowship is designed to enable talented, African postdoctoral researchers to develop...
NATIONAL NIFST DAY CELEBRATION 2015
The National NIFST Day Celebration holds on 4th - 6th June at the International Conference Centre, University of Calabar .
Agriculture Bears Major Brunt of Disaster Impacts
Nearly a quarter of damages wrought by natural disasters on the developing world are borne by the agricultural sector according to initial results from a new Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) study released at the UN World Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction....
Say goodbye to pain with food
Cherries for arthritis, muscle pain: Compounds in cherries, called anthocyanins – the same phytonutrients that give cherries their rich ruby hue – are powerful antioxidants that work in two ways to tamp down pain. They block inflammation and they inhibit pain enzymes,...
Thirst-Quenching foods
Cucumber (96 per cent water content): Cucumber also contains vitamins A, C and K. Vitamin K is important for helping your blood to clot. Apart from that, it is also a good source of minerals such as phosphorus, potassium, magnesium and calcium. Lettuce (95 per cent...