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 [...]
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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, [...]
Lending Our Voices to Preserve a Supportive Biotech Research Environment in Kenya
On 2nd June 2016, ISAAA AfriCenter, OFAB Kenya and partners under the African Biotechnology Stakeholders Forum [...]
Malawi’s Seed Sector Calls on Govt to Adopt GM Crops
Malawi’s seed sector has called on the Government to consider genetically modified drought tolerant maize to [...]
Africa Joins the World in Celebrating 20 years of Successful Commercial Production of [...]
African Farmers Planted 3.5 Million Hectares of Biotech/GM Crops in 2015, the 20th year of global GM crops [...]