Agricultural scientists from nine African nations convened in Kigali, Rwanda, for a strategic dialogue on biotechnology’s role in Africa’s agricultural…
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The Minister of State for Environment, Mrs. Sharon Ikeazor has commended the National Biosafety Management Agency, NBMA, for its efforts…
By Sylvester Thompson The World Economic Forum, in an article published on March 3 2018, listed threats to global food…
By Nkechi Isaac Africa’s cotton farmers are struggling to recoup their investments because they lack access to quality seeds that…
The Kenyan Cabinet, chaired by President Uhuru Kenyatta, has approved the commercial planting of Bt cotton after the 5-year field…
Researchers at the University of Sheffield’s Institute for Sustainable Food are collaborating with industry to develop a natural, sustainable biocontrol…
President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the National Biosafety Management Agency (Amendment) Act, 2019, with a view to preventing any…
By Steven Cetier Despite its ongoing agricultural problems, most of Africa has been reluctant to embrace the idea of allowing…
The Government of Ethiopia is the latest African country to authorize cultivation of biotech crops by granting two landmark approvals for environmental…
By Abdallah el-Kurebe Journalists, farmers, scientists, biosafety regulators and agribusiness companies from Argentina, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Uganda and…