Modern Ghana
Ghana approves 14 new genetically engineered seeds, including pest resistant and nutrition-enhanced varieties
As a farmer, I was recently excited to read a report that disclosed Ghana’s National Biosafety Authority (NBA) has approved ...
Genes from honeybees and African frogs help create a new species of genetically modified mosquitoes that neutralize malaria at the source
Scientists have genetically modified the main malaria-carrying species of mosquito in sub-Saharan Africa to slow the growth of malaria-causing parasites ...
Following in Kenya’s footsteps: Behind Ghana’s quest to get GMO cassava approved–the country’s first genetically engineered crop
The most recently approved GM crop on the continent is the GM cassava, which Kenya has successfully greenlighted. This becomes the ...
Ghanian farmers press for locally-developed pest-resistant genetically modified cowpea
More than 200 Ghanaian farmers have expressed their readiness to plant Bt cowpea, Ghana’s first genetically modified food crop as ...
Biotechnology is key to meeting UN’s goal of zero hunger worldwide by 2030
Agricultural biotechnology is a crucial tool for transforming global food systems to meet the United Nation’s goal of ensuring zero ...
‘My position is not ideological’: Why some agroecology advocates accept GM crops and synthetic pesticides
[Head of advocacy and programs at the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana, Dr. Charles Nyaaba] said that modern technological inventions, ...
Anti-GMO group Food Sovereignty Ghana sues government to block GM, insect-resistant cowpea distribution
Food Sovereignty Ghana (FSG) [appeared January 27] before the Human Rights High Court One of the Republic of Ghana at ...
GM crops can slash Africa’s pesticide use: Insect-resistant cowpea field trial shows farmers how
A team of scientists developing Bt Cowpea at CSIR-SARI organized a field day at its confined field trial site in ...
Viewpoint: Anti-GMO groups offer no solutions to Africa’s food security problems
A joke that is going around refers to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as “nothing going on.” My experience over a 15-year ...
Viewpoint: If Ghana embraces GMOs, farmers could save nation’s floundering agricultural sector
Ghana has prided itself over the years with agriculture being the key backbone of its economy. But for a long ...
