Kenyan Gov’t gives Nod to Use of Bt Cotton Seed Cake for Manufacture of Animal Feeds
In June 2022, the Government of Kenya granted approval for importation of duty-free genetically modified (GM) cottonseed cake for manufacture of [...]
AfriCenter Maps-out One Health Stakeholders in Eastern and Southern Africa
ISAAA AfriCenter, in collaboration with ILRI and CIRAD, has so far conducted three net-mapping exercises to identify and map out key stakeholders [...]
Why Effective African Youth Participation in International Biosafety Negotiations is Key
By Dr. Paul Chege Over the years, the need for a more coordinated African delegates group with sufficient technical guidance and support on the [...]
World Government’s Delegates convene in Nairobi for Biosafety Negotiations
World governments met in Nairobi Kenya from June 20-26, 2022 for the 4th meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global [...]
OFAB KENYA MEDIA AWARDS 2022: CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS
The Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology in Africa (OFAB) Kenya Chapter is glad to announce the 2022 call for participation in the annual [...]
Kenyan Government banks on Biotech to address Feed Shortage in the Country
The Government of Kenya has given the clearest indication yet that it will soon lift a ban on importation of genetically modified foods as it [...]
OFAB Kenya Prepares Youth for Part II of the UN Biodiversity Conference
OFAB Kenya continues to mentor early career professionals to participate in discussions and negotiations under the United Nations Convention on [...]
Kenya Deploys Striga-Smart Sorghum
Kenya has taken lead in providing sorghum farmers with a technology-based solution to the Striga menace. In a media science café hosted by OFAB [...]
Science Communication is a key Enabler of One Health Culture and Practice
Former Irish playwright the late George Bernard Shaw famously remarked that, “the single biggest problem in communication is the illusion [...]