Biotechnology to Ease Food Challenges – Malawi’s NCST Director
Re-posted from Malawi Nation. Article by Precious Kumbani Malawi needs to find ways of increasing its agricultural productivity such as the use [...]
Kenyan Lawmaker Champions Uptake of GMOs to Boost Food Security
Re-posted from Nation Online. Article by Charles Wanyoro A senator has urged the government to hasten passage of laws to allow growing of [...]
BecA’s Director Urges Scientists at the Hub to tell the World about their Research
There is no doubt that a lot of amazing, life changing work goes on at the Biosciences eastern and central Africa – International Livestock [...]
Could Rwanda Soon Join the League of African Nations with Biosafety Laws?
Rwanda has expressed concern that it could face an influx of genetically modified crops from Kenya and Uganda, which are in the process of [...]
ISAAA Report Launched in Kenya and Tanzania
ISAAA AfriCenter launched the ISAAA Brief 51 at the 82nd event of the Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology on June 3, 2016, in Nairobi, [...]
Ghanaian Scientists Urge Government to Invest in Agricultural Research
Ghanaian scientists have urged their government to invest more in agricultural research. Speaking at a recent workshop on media outreach and the [...]
Lending Our Voices to Preserve a Supportive Biotech Research Environment in Kenya
On 2nd June 2016, ISAAA AfriCenter, OFAB Kenya and partners under the African Biotechnology Stakeholders Forum participated in a public hearing [...]
Malawi’s Seed Sector Calls on Govt to Adopt GM Crops
Malawi’s seed sector has called on the Government to consider genetically modified drought tolerant maize to counter the food [...]
Swaziland’s Agric Director Expresses Support to Amend Biosafety Law
Swaziland’s Director for Agriculture, Mr. Nelson Mavuso, has urged members of parliament to fast-track the proposed amendment to the [...]