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 [...]
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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 [...]
Biosafety Appeals Board Holds Sensitization Workshop in Kisumu County
The Biosafety Appeals Board was established under section 35 of the Biosafety Act. However, the Board came into [...]
Biotechnology to Ease Food Challenges – Malawi’s NCST Director
Re-posted from Malawi Nation. Article by Precious Kumbani Malawi needs to find ways of increasing its agricultural [...]
Kenyan Lawmaker Champions Uptake of GMOs to Boost Food Security
Re-posted from Nation Online. Article by Charles Wanyoro A senator has urged the government to hasten passage of [...]
BecA’s Director Urges Scientists at the Hub to tell the World about their Research
There is no doubt that a lot of amazing, life changing work goes on at the Biosciences eastern and central Africa – [...]
Could Rwanda Soon Join the League of African Nations with Biosafety Laws?
Rwanda has expressed concern that it could face an influx of genetically modified crops from Kenya and Uganda, [...]