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 [...]
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 [...]