ICAR-CIRCOT Hosts High Level African Delegation Biotech Study Tour in India
The Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology (CIRCOT), a premier institute of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for [...]
Nigeria’s Academy of Science Declares GMOs Beneficial for Consumption
Re-posted from The Guardian. Article by Tayo Oredola. Cover photo: Prof. Oyewale Tomori, outgoing president of NAS. The Nigerian Academy of [...]
Kenyan Editors Urged to Rely on National Biosafety Authority for GMO Safety Matters
Over 20 editors from leading TV stations, local newspaper and magazines participated in an agri-biotech sensitization meeting on October 27, [...]
Ethiopian Government Commended for Her Good will in Applying Agri-biotechnology
Ethiopian government’s political good will has been praised for placing the country in a strategic position to utilize biotechnology tools in [...]
Tanzania Plants its First GMO Field Trial
Tanzania planted its first-ever confined field trial on genetically modified maize, on 5th October 2016, in Dodoma region, a semi-arid area in [...]
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 National Agricultural Research [...]
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 event (commonly referred to as Bt [...]
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 expressed their support for crop [...]
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 on August 15 and 16, 2016 in [...]