Inside the Devastating Maize Season in Trans Nzoia, Kenya’s Food Basket
By Walter Langat Kenyans are staring at a serious food security challenge as the country faces a massive maize deficit – its staple food – [...]
Congratulations, NACOSTI Chair Prof Vasey Mwaja
By Peter Theuri Highly accomplished scholar and scientist Prof Vasey Mwaja has been appointed as the Non-Executive Chairperson of the Board of [...]
African Women leveraging AI for Health and Agriculture
By Peter Theuri A delightful duo of trailblazing women innovators, who have leveraged artificial intelligence (AI) to nudge Africa closer to food [...]
Farther Together: The Case for Regional Biosafety Governance in Africa
By Dr Margaret Karembu, MBS, Director ISAAA AfriCenter and Chair, Africa Science Dialogue There is a well-known African saying: If you want to go [...]
Perennial rice: A potential game-changer for Ethiopian farmers
By Peter Theuri, For a country whose rice consumption has increased tenfold in just over a decade, Ethiopia’s perennial rice trials are a ‘timely [...]
COMESA-ACTESA Strengthens Expert Capacity for Regional Biosafety Decision-Making
By Walter Langat, The Alliance for Commodity Trade in Eastern and Southern Africa (ACTESA), a specialized agency of COMESA, successfully [...]
FEC Approves Revised National Biotechnology Policy, Strengthens Framework for [...]
The National Biotechnology Research and Development Agency (NBRDA) has welcomed the Federal Executive Council’s approval of the revised National [...]
Beyond Seeds and Fertiliser: Africa’s Next Agricultural Innovation Is Water
By Ezekiel Nganga, For decades, agricultural innovation has meant better seeds, fertilisers, machinery and technologies that help farmers produce [...]
COHESA Countries Turn One Health Achievements into Policy Messages
By Dr. Godfrey Ngure, The Capacitating One Health in Eastern and Southern Africa (COHESA) partners in Southern Africa are translating [...]