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 The National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC) says it will soon go digital with the certification of seeds to ensure that farmers get quality seeds to enhance their production. The Director General, NASC Dr Philip Ojo, made this known to reporters recently. According to him, the issue of adulterated seeds is a thing of concern hence the need to go digital in the certification of seeds to ascertain the supply of improved seeds to farmers. He said that the e-certification would enable easy monitoring of seeds from the source by the council to farmers across the country. Dr. Ojo said that, with the help of seed trackers, farmers would soon be able to detect adulterated seeds from any part of the world electronically. “With the increased efficiency in seed production, there is need to go electronic. “The first seed tracker was developed and piloted for cassava known as Cassava Seed Tracker (CST) and this was in collaboration with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (II...

 Kadinvest is the yearly business and development summit organised by the government of Kaduna state in West Africa. Each year, hundreds of participants are drawn from various fields ranging from business, government, NGOs, Entrepreneurs, the media, public and private sector and international organizations. This year, the summit which was previously postponed will hold virtually as a result of COVID-19 measures . You can register to attend the summit via this link  >>  KadInvest5 .0

 Bluetooth is a wireless technology standard used for exchanging data between fixed and mobile devices over short distances using UHF radio waves in the industrial, scientific and medical radio bands.   The Bluetooth standard was originally conceived by Dr. Jaap Haartsen at Ericsson back in 1994. It was named for a renowned Viking and king who united Denmark and Norway in the 10th century. He was nominated for the European Inventor Award in 2012 for his invention of Bluetooth Technology. The inventor and engineer from the Netherlands worked in the mobile phone division of LM Ericsson Telephone throughout the mid-1990s.   The first consumer Bluetooth device was launched in 1999. It was a hands-free mobile headset which earned the "Best of show Technology Award" at COMDEX. The first Bluetooth mobile phone was the Ericsson T36 but it was the revised T39 model which actually made it to store shelves in 2001.