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Kenya approves 6 gene-edited crops as it pursues food security, sustainable farming
[A]t the Kenya Agricultural Livestock Research Organisation (Karlo) and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) biotechnologists are using gene ...
Viewpoint: Effort to ban 262 pesticides in Kenya threatens nation’s ability to stop locust swarms from devouring crops
As locusts rage in the biggest attack for 25 years, the majority of Kenyans will never have seen the like ...
Ethiopia, Nigeria, Rwanda utilize Kenya’s biotech research, while nation still bans GMOs
Countries like Ethiopia, Nigeria and Rwanda are increasingly using Kenya’s biotechnology research findings to guide their food security plans as ...
Kenya approves GMO corn and cotton field trials, defying health minister
The National Biosafety Authority (NBA) [of Kenya] has defied the Health ministry and announced field trials for GMO crops.... Speaking ...
Kenya’s parliament calls for approval of GM corn field trails, rebuffing health secretary
[Kenya's] parliament has called for approval of field trials of genetically modified maize because the ban on GMO imports did not ...
Kenya could lose millions in donor funding after stopping biotech crop trials
Kenya stands to lose millions of shillings in donor funding after the government failed to permit biotechnology crop trials, a ...
