Category: Stories from the Field

Dr. Kassahun Tesfaye Born and raised in the central highlands of Ethiopia, often called “the wheat belt of [...]

By HABIMANA Jean Claude It is Saturday morning in southern Rwanda. Nyiramana’s face is drenched in sweat as she [...]

By Dr. Hala Eissa The sad realities of climate change in Africa have continued to dominate the headlines. The [...]

At a tender age, my incontrovertible love for mathematics and science compounded by a poor state of health system [...]

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 [...]