Abubakar Ibrahim
With August decision date to approve GMO insect-resistant cowpea in sight, Ghanaian scientist stresses role in reducing chemical usage and ensuring food security
Ghana’s food security will receive a good boost if the country’s first genetically modified crop gets environmental release approval from ...
Improved seeds key to sustainable food security, African plant breeders say
Strategies now being rolled out to ensure food security on the African continent are unsustainable, according to the African Plant ...
Ghana’s parliament gives GMO crops a boost
Ghana’s parliament has approved regulations that open the door for the country to commercialize genetically modified (GMO) crops. The regulations ...
Is it ‘unconstitutional’ to let activists use Ghana’s court system to ban GMOs?
It’s unconstitutional to allow anti-science groups to use Ghana’s judicial system to deny farmers the benefits of biotechnology, Ghana’s National ...
Plant breeding innovations required to weather climate change, report says
The world needs plant breeding innovations to address challenges of climate change and a growing population ...
‘Patchwork’ of global gene editing regulations will harm seed production, group warns
Failing to harmonize international regulations around the use of gene editing in agricultural production will hurt seed production globally ...
Debunking the claim that GMOs cause cancer
Scientists have debunked claims that Genetically Modified Organism (GMOs) cause cancer after assertions by a doctor that the products are deadly ...
Ghana suspends GMO cotton field trials after Monsanto withdraws funding
[Ghana's] Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has suspended trials of GMO cotton in the country after US Company ...
