As Ukrainian conflict continues to disrupt global food imports, Kenya gives okay for farmers to import GMO cotton seed, a first for the country

As Ukrainian conflict continues to disrupt global food imports, Kenya gives okay for farmers to import GMO cotton seed, a first for the country

Business Daily Africa | 
At least 10 manufacturers including Bidco East Africa have been allowed to import 28 million kilogrammes of genetically modified organism ...
Kenya debates final approval of genetically engineered corn

Kenya debates final approval of genetically engineered corn

Business Daily Africa | 
The approval for commercialisation of genetically modified maize now lies with the Cabinet after scientists concluded field trials and handed ...
Kenya’s insect-resistant GMO cotton embrace boosts farmers’ yields and cuts down on chemical use

Kenya’s insect-resistant GMO cotton embrace boosts farmers’ yields and cuts down on chemical use

Business Daily Africa | 
In 2018, President Uhuru Kenyatta under his Big Four Agenda made an announcement... allowing the cultivation of Genetically Modified cotton ...
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Ethiopia, Nigeria, Rwanda utilize Kenya’s biotech research, while nation still bans GMOs

Business Daily Africa | 
Countries like Ethiopia, Nigeria and Rwanda are increasingly using Kenya’s biotechnology research findings to guide their food security plans as ...
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Educating farmers key to biotech crop success in developing world

Alliance for Science | 
African countries and the Philippines have made significant progress in developing genetically modified (GMO) crops, adding impetus to the drive to ...
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Kenya approves GMO corn and cotton field trials, defying health minister

Business Daily Africa | 
The National Biosafety Authority (NBA) [of Kenya] has defied the Health ministry and announced field trials for GMO crops.... Speaking ...
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Kenya rejects GMO corn field trials, citing environmental concerns

Daily Nation | 
It will take longer before Kenya conducts open trials on genetically modified (GM) crops after the government said the country ...
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Kenya could lose millions in donor funding after stopping biotech crop trials

Business Daily Africa | 
Kenya stands to lose millions of shillings in donor funding after the government failed to permit biotechnology crop trials, a ...

Field trials of pest-resistant GMO cotton approved in Kenya

Daily Nation | 
[The week of September 5], the NBA [National Bio-Safety Authority] allowed Monsanto Kenya Ltd to conduct field trials on GM ...

Field trials of GMO maize in Kenya delayed by bureaucratic impasse

Business Daily Africa | 
The controversy over Kenya’s plan to release Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) for field tests deepened yesterday after the Agriculture ministry ...

Kenya’s decision on growing GMO maize expected soon

East African | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Kenyans will know whether ...

Facing threatened food security, Kenyan officials recommend lifting ban on GMOs

Business Daily Africa | 
Due to low harvests and bans on imported grains from surrounding countries, government officials are urging the Kenyan government to ...
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