Observer (Uganda)
Newly passed biosafety bill in Uganda aims to ensure ‘safe development’ of GMO crops
Parliament has passed the Genetic Engineering Regulatory Bill, 2018, formerly known as the National Biotechnology and Bio-safety Bill. The bill ...
Disease-resistant GMO potatoes could hit Ugandan markets in 2020
Scientists have said the first batch of locally grown genetically modified potatoes will be on sale in Ugandan markets in ...
Uganda’s president supports bill allowing country’s farmers to grow GMO crops
The pressure to pass the Biotechnology and Biosafety Bill 2012 has started building up in recent weeks after some parts ...
Uganda: ActionAid, other NGOs face scrutiny for false claims that GMOs cause cancer, infertility
Last November, the National Agricultural Research Organization (Naro) took concrete steps towards beating off any opposition to the draft bio-technology ...
