Tag: GMO
Meet Dr. Rose Gidado, Nigerian Country Coordinator OFAB
Nigerian Country Coordinator, Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB), Dr. Rose Gidado speaks with African Harvesters on Genetic modification, her leadership at...
Government must be coherent on GMO policy – Food Sovereignty Ghana
Food Sovereignty Ghana (FSG) urgently calls on the government to be coherent in its policy on the introduction of genetically modified organisms (GMO) into...
Nigeria: USDA pledges support for biotech
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has pledged to support in implementing modern biotechnology towards boosting agricultural economy in Nigeria.
This assurance came when...
Uganda: President Musevani hasn’t signed the GMO law
Agriculture stakeholders in Uganda are concerned about the Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) bill.
Last month, slow food reported that the future of food in Uganda...
GM apples that don’t brown to reach US shelves soon
GM apples that don’t brown to reach US shelves soon
A US synthetic-biology conglomerate plans to begin marketing genetically modified apples; this produce would not...
Kenyan lawmakers back commercialization of GMO cotton
Kenyan crop researchers are free to start commercial growing of Genetically Modified (GMO) cotton, the country’s lawmakers said on Tuesday.
Noor Mohammed, Chairman of Parliamentary...