Category: Stories from the Field

Plant breeding is the art and science of the genetic improvement of plants, which includes cultivar development to [...]

By Dr. Margaret Karembu A cloud of resistance hangs over the introduction of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) [...]

Nigeria is on the path to becoming the first country to cultivate biotech cowpea after the country’s [...]

Science and policy are generally considered two separate worlds but in a society like ours that relies on progress [...]

Principal Secretary for Agriculture Research Professor Hamadi Boga launched the Society for Biotech Farmers of [...]

Time is due in mainstreaming biodiversity to all human activities and all economic sectors in order to secure it in [...]

Growing up in Ethiopia watching climate patterns change with every wake, and the subsequent diminishing of farm [...]

As a Kenyan small holder farmer and farmer leader, I speak on behalf of my colleagues when I say we feel [...]

Kenyan policy makers have promised to fast-track Bt cotton growing in the country. This is after participating in a [...]

Meet Muasya Mulela, a middle-aged seasoned farmer from Machakos county, eastern Kenya. Muasya is counting losses in [...]