
How Genome Editing will address the Challenge of Cassava Breeding in Africa
Cassava is an important food security crop and income earner for millions of smallholder farmers in Africa. It is [...]

Cassava is an important food security crop and income earner for millions of smallholder farmers in Africa. It is [...]

By Margaret Karembu, PhD, MBS – Director, ISAAA AfriCenter Africa is endowed with rich biodiversity [...]

In October this year (2021), Africa recorded a milestone in crop biotech development when the Federal Government of [...]

By Prof. Aggrey Ambali Modern science, technologies and innovations (STIs) continue to gain traction and play a key [...]

New breeding innovations are increasing the efficiency of improving crops with valuable traits. In Africa, [...]

The use of genome editing in animal research is fast gaining traction in Africa. A number of countries on the [...]

Malawi is in her second year of cultivation of the genetically modified cotton variety BollGuard II, also commonly [...]

By Michael J. Ssali According to the latest Global Hunger Index report, Uganda’s hunger situation has been [...]

Kenyan experts have backed animal biotechnology to improve livestock, poultry and fish farming in Africa. This was [...]

The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed healthcare systems beyond their limits and disrupted economies, posing severe [...]