Kenyan County Executives of Health, Environment and Agriculture Call for Lifting of GMO Ban
Several Kenyan County Executive Committee members (county ministers) for Health, Environment and Agriculture [...]
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Placing a GM crop in the Market is not as Costly as you had Imagined
A recent study published in the International Journal of Biotechnology (2016 Vol. 14 No.2) puts to bed the belief [...]
Kenyan Lawmaker Champions Uptake of GMOs to Boost Food Security
Re-posted from Nation Online. Article by Charles Wanyoro A senator has urged the government to hasten passage of [...]
Could Rwanda Soon Join the League of African Nations with Biosafety Laws?
Rwanda has expressed concern that it could face an influx of genetically modified crops from Kenya and Uganda, [...]
ISAAA Report Launched in Kenya and Tanzania
ISAAA AfriCenter launched the ISAAA Brief 51 at the 82nd event of the Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology on [...]
Ghanaian Scientists Urge Government to Invest in Agricultural Research
Ghanaian scientists have urged their government to invest more in agricultural research. Speaking at a recent [...]
Malawi’s Seed Sector Calls on Govt to Adopt GM Crops
Malawi’s seed sector has called on the Government to consider genetically modified drought tolerant maize to [...]
Swaziland’s Agric Director Expresses Support to Amend Biosafety Law
Swaziland’s Director for Agriculture, Mr. Nelson Mavuso, has urged members of parliament to fast-track the [...]
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 [...]
AfriCenter Participates in Agri-Biotechnology Sensitization Workshops in West Africa
AfriCenter participated in an agri-biotechnology and biosafety workshop in Abuja, Nigeria, between the 17th and [...]