Category: Story of the Week

By Dr. Rasha Omer Poverty and despair defined my childhood while growing up in rural Sudan. This tough upbringing [...]

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has instructed the Ministries of Health, Agriculture and Trade, Industry and [...]

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

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

Growing cotton in Burkina Faso has been associated with use of insecticides to control insect pests, particularly [...]

Two new Bt cotton varieties, MRC 7377BGII and MRC7361BGII, have been approved for commercial release by the [...]

A new report released by the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) reveals [...]

In the past few years, great excitement has built up over new technologies that enable us to edit DNA sequences and [...]

I take pride in many achievements as a woman scientist that I consider most impactful to society. A study on the [...]

We may have varied opinions on what biotechnology can do for Africa. Nonetheless, my personal journey in this field [...]