International Collaboration Receives Grant to Advance Improvements in Cassava [...]
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 14, 2016 — The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center announces that the Virus Resistant Cassava for Africa Plus (VIRCA Plus) [...]
Why ISAAA is Concerned about Collaboration between Aarhus Convention and the [...]
Dr. Margaret Karembu, Director ISAAA AfriCenter allayed her concerns about the joint collaboration between Aarhus Convention and the Cartagena [...]
Ghana Issues Guidelines for General Release of GMOs
Ghana yesterday (December 8, 2016) issued guidelines for general release of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). The nation’s National [...]
Scientists Urge Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to Support Gene Drive Technology
Over 70 scientists have urged the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to support gene drive technology. The scientists drawn from public [...]
Ethiopia Should Learn from India on Biotechnology Urges State Minister of Cabinet Affairs
Ethiopia’s State Minister of Cabinet Affairs Mr. Zekarias Erkola has urged his countrymen to learn from India’s biotechnology development and [...]
Swaziland Members of Parliament Call for Repeal of Law Hindering use of GMOs
Members of parliament from the Kingdom of Swaziland have called for repeal of a law hindering use of GMOs in the country. This was after a study [...]
African Delegation Visists Indian Bt Cotton Farmers
A high-level delegation consisting of parliamentarians, government executives, scientists, cotton sub-sector players and the media from Ethiopia, [...]
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 [...]