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A new report has hailed Ghana’s “unique” biosafety regime as the West African nation prepares to commercialize insect-resistant Bt cowpea, ...

Mozambique is exploring the use of biotech crops to boost food security following its successful field trials of genetically modified ...

The Kenyan government has identified 1,000 farmers who will receive the country’s first genetically modified (GM) cotton seeds. The farmers ...

A top European science council calling is demanding a “radical reform of the legal framework” that regulates genetically modified organisms ...

A team of California plant scientists has taken a CRISPR-Cas9 approach to develop more nutritious varieties of rice. Their research, ...

Dr. Eric Magembe is committed to using the tools of genetic engineering to fight the devasating potato late blight disease ...

Though Uganda has some of the lowest agricultural productivity in the world, efforts to bring smallholder farmer groups into the ...

Genetically modified, insect-resistant Bt crops do not have harmful effects on beneficial bugs in farmers’ fields, two new scientific papers ...

In a bid to popularize technology in local schools, the Uganda Biosciences Information Center (UBIC) has begun training teachers and ...

Cautioning the current dependence on chemical pesticides is harming the environment, scientists are calling for innovation, including the use of ...

As Brazilian farmer and attorney Henrique Gustavo Fiorese sees it, the future of agriculture depends on technology and sustainability.Though either ...

Being raised in a family where all income came from my mother’s farm is something hard to forget. My mother ...

Climate change is a man-made problem, but humans aren’t the only animals that will be impacted by warming temperatures and ...

Scientists and farmers warn that Ghana’s agricultural sector will struggle if the introduction of genetically modified organisms (GMO) is delayed ...

Wiledio Naboho, the 2019 Alliance for Science Farmer of the Year, is mounting fresh pressure on the Burkina Faso government ...

Strategies now being rolled out to ensure food security on the African continent are unsustainable, according to the African Plant ...

Nigeria made significant progress in agricultural biotechnology in 2019, approving two genetically modified (GM) crops — pest-resistant Bt cotton and ...

Anti-GMO activists in India have escalated their war on the country’s resource-poor farmers by moving their efforts to stop genetically ...

Plants occupy a unique nexus when it comes to climate change. On the one hand, they can help prevent climate ...

Nigeria has reached a major food security milestone with the commercial release of insect-resistant cowpea — its first genetically modified ...

For generations our farmers were told that they will be the next richest people of the world, due to a ...

A leading Ugandan economist is warning of heavy financial losses among banana farmers if they don’t soon adopt a genetically ...

Zambia’s National Biosafety Authority (NBA) has directed food producers to clearly label products containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) so that ...

Demonstration plots in Kenya show that genetically modified (GM) maize varieties are more effective in controlling insect attacks than their ...

Ghana’s parliament has approved regulations that open the door for the country to commercialize genetically modified (GMO) crops. The regulations ...

Sub-Saharan Africa remains the most food-insecure region in the world, with an estimated 237 million throughout the region suffering from ...

It is time African governments take action ...

Efforts to “put technologies in the hands of farmers that protect against drought and insects cannot be taken lightly.” ...