I joined this company from the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in 1988 after my National Youth Service in 1986 in Jos, Plateau State where I emerged the over-all Best Corper and then picked up a job as a Research Associate at the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Ibadan. Syngenta is a world-leading agribusiness committed to sustainable agriculture through innovative research and technology. I joined this company from the International...

Agribusiness corporations are attempting to defeat this bill as their method of farming is heavily dependent on frequent applications of toxic pesticides. We cannot ignore how our food is grown and/or processed and the prevalence of pesticides and herbicides in the central valley waterways is alone to great an issue to leave to the Blue Dog Democrats or even worse, Arnold SSchwartzenegger, the Bad Actor who reads the script handed him from agribusiness. Prevent Pesticide Poisoning in...

Businesses link up with gov t agencies in branding project Business players in Davao City has tapped government agencies to be part of an accreditation body that will assist them with the branding project that was launched Monday during the opening of the Small and Medium Enterprise Development (SMED) Week. Businesses link up with gov t agencies in branding project Business players in Davao City has tapped government agencies to be part of an accreditation body that will assist them with...

But the Chinese tea seeds-bred tea plants in Darjeeling have acquired unique traits which even the Chinese have failed to bestow upon their plants despite relentless research and efforts," says Rannen Datta, a senior consultant to various Darjeeling Tea gardens and the erstwhile secretary of Darjeeling Planters' Association, which has now been rechristened as Darjeeling Tea Association. But the Chinese tea seeds-bred tea plants in Darjeeling have acquired unique traits which even the...

Audio: Call to police Audio: York Region Police dispatch alert The police have received some strange calls but few like the one they got when circus performers Susie and Bunny took it 'on the lam' in Newmarket Jul 13, 2007 04:30 AM Bill Taylor Feature Writer It's one thing to wake up and smell the coffee. Audio: Call to police Audio: York Region Police dispatch alert The police have received some strange calls but few like the one they got when circus performers Susie and Bunny took it 'on...