Despite its potential to battle disease and hunger, genetically engineered food is still controversial By Ian Tucker Pigs Last week, scientists…
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The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) has been awarded a $24.6 million grant by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for the…
ByStuart Smyth The Global Cassava Partnerships for the 21st Century (GCP21) has called for urgent regional approach to halt the spread…
ByStuart Smyth In mid-June 2018, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) reported that a few GM wheat plants had been detected…
Nigerian Government says it would commence artificial insemination of cattle at its different research institutes and centres to aid multiplication…
Kenya is one step away from commercializing Bt cotton following the commencement of National Performance Trials (NPTs) to identify suitable…
By Sonja Begemann Earlier this week a California judge ruled glyphosate does not need a label warning stating it causes…
A Principal Scientist and Cassava Breeder with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr Alfred Dixon and Dr Hernan…
The Anambra Government says it will spend N4.1 billion on strategic agricultural development initiative in the 2018 planting season. The…
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Tuesday said it would invest $120 million in the next 2-3 years to boost the…