UNILORIN, ABUAD SCIENTISTS PARTNER TO DEVELOP MEDICINAL RICE

 

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cientists at the University of Ilorin and their counterparts at Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), are finalising arrangements to develop an improved rice variety with medicinal potentials  against cancer.

A report in the  University of Ilorin stated that this was  the outcome of the collaboration  between the two institutions for which a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on Feb. 2.

According to the report, the N50 million project would be carried out over a four-year period and expected to be funded from the National Research Fund of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TET-Fund).

It said  that the project was aimed at enhancing the well-being of rice farmers and improving the health conditions of consumers in the country.

“The main research collaborators include Prof. Samuel Onasanya,  Education Technology and Training Expert, University of Ilorin; Dr Michael Awolola,  Industrial Chemist, University of Ilorin  and Prof. Amos Onasanya, a Biochemist, Geneticist and Molecular Plant Pathologist. READ MORE