Kenya Publishes Genome Editing Regulations becoming Second African Country to do so
Kenya’s National Biosafety Authority (NBA) has published Genome Editing Guidelines, marking an important step towards development of a genome editing [...]
Stakeholders Call for Africanization of Genome Editing in Agriculture
Genome editing stakeholders in Africa have called for africanization of genome editing, an approach which they say will uniquely address agricultural [...]
Nigeria Approves Genetically Modified TELA Maize for Open Cultivation
The Federal Government of Nigeria has granted environmental approval for evaluation and open cultivation of TELA Maize, a new maize variety genetically [...]
Kenya’s Health Minister Warns Misinformation Threatens Gains made against NCDs
Health stakeholders from across Africa have lamented the impact of mis/disinformation in the fight against COVID-19 and non-communicable diseases. Speaking [...]
Call for Story Pitches: OFAB Kenya Science Journalism Grant 2021
The Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology in Africa (OFAB) Kenya Chapter is glad to announce a call for story pitches for 2021 Science Journalism Grant. [...]
OFAB KENYA MEDIA AWARDS 2019: CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
The Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology in Africa (OFAB) Kenya Chapter is glad to announce the 2019 call for participation in the annual OFAB Media [...]
African Agricultural Technology Foundation Establishes First Early Generation Seed [...]
The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) has establishment the first Early Generation (foundation) seed production entity in Sub-Saharan [...]
International Collaboration Receives Grant to Advance Improvements in Cassava [...]
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 14, 2016 — The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center announces that the Virus Resistant Cassava for Africa Plus (VIRCA Plus) [...]
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, 2016) [...]
Kenya Approves Limited Release of GM Maize
Following an application submitted by Kenya Agricultural Livestock and Research Organisation (KALRO) and the African Agricultural Technology Foundation [...]