The AUDA-NEPAD, in partnership with the Biosafety Directorate of the Commission for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, held a consultative…
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The Prize is to be awarded annually to individuals or institutions within one of the proposed three fields (Food Security,…
The Kenyan Cabinet, chaired by President Uhuru Kenyatta, has approved the commercial planting of Bt cotton after the 5-year field…
By Abdallah el-Kurebe, Editor Nigerian Government has approved the registration and release of a new Pod Borer Resistant (PBR) Cowpea…
The continent’s 55 countries sign a 5-point declaration to strengthen food security By Kiran Pandey Fifty-five African countries recently signed…
The Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), in close collaboration with national partners, has launched a high-potential project in which research will…
By Steven Cetier Despite its ongoing agricultural problems, most of Africa has been reluctant to embrace the idea of allowing…
By Suleiman Okoth The Kenyan government is banking on the production of genetically modified cotton, expected to start in 2018,…
Some Ugandan officials are optimistic that the nation’s biotechnology biosafety bill will soon pass, saying that President Museveni’s concerns have…
Nigeria’s Country Coordinator of the Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB), Dr Rose Gidado has disclosed that Nigeria had concluded…