Kenyan Youth Farmers Call for Adoption of WEMA Bt-Maize
Kenyan youth farmers have rallied behind researchers in urging government to allow commencement of National Performance Trials (NPTs) for the [...]
East Africa Gears for Synthetic Biology
"To avoid fear and misconceptions on its application, communication and messaging on synthetic biology and international agreements such as the [...]
Ethiopian Environment Minister Promotes Biotech to Address Food and Economic Challenges
Ethiopia’s State Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, H.E. Mr. Kare Chawicha has urged African governments to consider [...]
Mozambique Plants First GM Maize Field Trial
Mozambique has planted the first field trial of genetically modified (GM) maize in the Chokwe District of Gaza Province in the southern part of [...]
How European-Based NGOs Block Crop Biotechnology Adoption In Africa
Re-posted from Genetic Literacy Projet. By Dr. Margaret Karembu, Director ISAAA AfriCenter HIGHLIGHTS: • European politicians and anti-biotech [...]
Kenyan Law-makers Demand for Homegrown GM Crops
Kenyan law-makers have called on researchers to double their efforts in advancing what they called homegrown GM crops. The Members of Parliament [...]
Genetically-modified Bt maize alternative for combating armyworms
Re-posted from Zambia Daily Mail. Articlce by BENEDICT TEMBO The recent outbreak of crop pests has brought to the fore not only the farmers’ [...]
Church Leaders in Nigeria Support Agri-Biotech Research
Church leaders in Nigeria have have called on agricultural biotechnology experts to undertake research that is focused on the population’s [...]
Farmers in Kirinyaga, Central Kenya, Urge the Government to Release WEMA Bt Maize [...]
Farmers in Kirinyaga County, Central Kenya, have reiterated their call on the government to lift the ban on GM food imports that was imposed by a [...]