Swaziland Members of Parliament Call for Repeal of Law Hindering use of GMOs
Members of parliament from the Kingdom of Swaziland have called for repeal of a law hindering use of GMOs in the [...]
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Nigeria’s Academy of Science Declares GMOs Beneficial for Consumption
Re-posted from The Guardian. Article by Tayo Oredola. Cover photo: Prof. Oyewale Tomori, outgoing president of NAS. [...]
Kenyan Editors Urged to Rely on National Biosafety Authority for GMO Safety Matters
Over 20 editors from leading TV stations, local newspaper and magazines participated in an agri-biotech [...]
Ethiopian Government Commended for Her Good will in Applying Agri-biotechnology
Ethiopian government’s political good will has been praised for placing the country in a strategic position to [...]
Tanzania Plants its First GMO Field Trial
Tanzania planted its first-ever confined field trial on genetically modified maize, on 5th October 2016, in Dodoma [...]
Uganda holds Banana Research Training for African Scientists and Biotechnology Regulators
International Plant Biotechnology Outreach of VIB, Ghent University and KU Leuven, in collaboration with Uganda’s [...]
Kenya’s National Biosafety Authority Gives GM Cotton Partial Nod
The National Biosafety Authority (NBA) has approved environmental release (open field cultivation) of MON 15985 [...]
Kenyan County Executives of Health, Environment and Agriculture Call for Lifting of GMO Ban
Several Kenyan County Executive Committee members (county ministers) for Health, Environment and Agriculture [...]
Africa’s Biosafety Agencies Seek to Harmonize Approaches to Regulatory Systems
The Association of National Biosafety Agencies in Africa (ANBAA) held its first African Biosafety Leadership Summit [...]
Placing a GM crop in the Market is not as Costly as you had Imagined
A recent study published in the International Journal of Biotechnology (2016 Vol. 14 No.2) puts to bed the belief [...]