Kenyan Stakeholders Call for Demand-driven Initiatives towards Commercialization of [...]
Sorghum stakeholders in Kenya have identified and mapped out key actors who will influence demand-driven commercialization of Striga resistant sorghum [...]
Striga Smart Sorghum for Africa Project Maps out Ethiopia’s Sorghum Value Chain Actors
ISAAA AfriCenter in partnership with Addis Ababa University and Bio and Emerging Technology Institute (BETin) held a sorghum value chain stakeholder [...]
OFAB-Kenya Celebrates Excellence in Science Journalism
The Kenya Chapter of Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology in Africa (OFAB) celebrated exemplary science journalism and recognized media’s contribution [...]
AfriCenter ramps up sensitization following Kenya’s Lifting of GMO Ban
Following the lifting of a decade-long ban on importation and use of genetically modified (GM) foods in Kenya, ISAAA AfriCenter – through OFAB Kenya – took [...]
BREAKING NEWS!!! Ghana National Biosafety Authority Approves Environmental Release of [...]
Ghana National Biosafety Authority has approved the environmental release of Bt Cowpea, making it the second country to approve the genetically modified [...]
Kenyan Gov’t gives Nod to Use of Bt Cotton Seed Cake for Manufacture of Animal Feeds
In June 2022, the Government of Kenya granted approval for importation of duty-free genetically modified (GM) cottonseed cake for manufacture of animal [...]
World Government’s Delegates convene in Nairobi for Biosafety Negotiations
World governments met in Nairobi Kenya from June 20-26, 2022 for the 4th meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity [...]
Kenyan Government banks on Biotech to address Feed Shortage in the Country
The Government of Kenya has given the clearest indication yet that it will soon lift a ban on importation of genetically modified foods as it seeks to [...]
OFAB Kenya Prepares Youth for Part II of the UN Biodiversity Conference
OFAB Kenya continues to mentor early career professionals to participate in discussions and negotiations under the United Nations Convention on Biological [...]
Kenya Deploys Striga-Smart Sorghum
Kenya has taken lead in providing sorghum farmers with a technology-based solution to the Striga menace. In a media science café hosted by OFAB Kenya, [...]