Category: Expert’s Voices

Zambia’s One Health success through the Eyes of a focal person
In your own words, what is One Health and how does it fit in your daily activities? One Health is an understanding [...]

Introducing the timely COHESA project
Our editor interviewed the project lead for the ambitious COHESA project, Dr. Theo Knight-Jones. He gives an [...]

Clipping the Wings of Striga Weed, Africa’s “Cereal Killer”
Sorghum is the second most important staple cereal on the continent with over 300 million people in sub-Saharan [...]

Africa’s Participation at COP15/COPMOP10 in Montreal Canada, December 2022
COP15 decision, dubbed ’30 by 30 target’ hailed by many as landmark in which countries around the world [...]

The Lifting of GMO Ban in Kenya Sets to Turn Farmers’ Fortunes Around
By Gerald Masila A month ago, the Kenyan Government through a Cabinet decision lifted a decade-long ban on [...]
OFAB-Kenya Celebrates Excellence in Science Journalism
The Kenya Chapter of Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology in Africa (OFAB) celebrated exemplary science [...]
AfriCenter ramps up sensitization following Kenya’s Lifting of GMO Ban
Following the lifting of a decade-long ban on importation and use of genetically modified (GM) foods in Kenya, [...]

Kenyan farmers express satisfaction with Bt cotton performance
Daniel Njagi, a farmer from Evurore Ward, Mbeere North in Embu County, Kenya recounts with joy how his family still [...]

Biotech Cowpea will be a Game-changer for Ghanaian Farmers and Economy
In June this year, Ghana’s National Biosafety Authority (NBA) approved environmental release of pod borer [...]