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 [...]
Africa Joins the World in Celebrating 20 years of Successful Commercial Production of [...]
African Farmers Planted 3.5 Million Hectares of Biotech/GM Crops in 2015, the 20th year of global GM crops commercialization Nairobi (April 13, [...]
AfriCenter Participates in Agri-Biotechnology Sensitization Workshops in West Africa
AfriCenter participated in an agri-biotechnology and biosafety workshop in Abuja, Nigeria, between the 17th and 18th of March 2016. The workshop [...]
Malawi Approves Confined Field Trials for Transgenic Bananas
The Malawi National Biosafety Regulatory Committee (NBRC) approved confined field trials for banana on 26th February 2016. This comes soon after [...]
Kenya’s Permanent Secretary Urges for Increased Efforts on Biotechnology and [...]
The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Prof Collette Suda, has called on biotechnology and biosafety [...]