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 [...]
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 [...]