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The misuse of pesticides and other products has created contamination problems in Ghana's food supply.

The Alliance for Science met with a representative of FANRPAN to hear about their innovative program that uses theater performances to empower female farmers.

The VIRCA Plus project is bringing together scientists, policy-makers and farmers to develop disease-resistant varieties of cassava in Africa.

Genetically engineered crops that promise to benefit both farmers and consumers are poised to enter Uganda’s marketplace now that its Parliament has adopted a law to regulate agricultural biotechnology.

​Hailing from Zimbabwe to Uruguay — and more than a dozen points in between — some 40 agricultural advocates gathered Sept. 18-23 in the first Alliance for Science training session developed solely for farmers.

IRRI and PhilRice apply for Golden Rice (GR2E) biosafety permit, marking an important milestone in moving the vitamin A-fortified rice toward commercialization.

The Philippine March for Science unites people's clamor for government to enact science-based solutions to attain food sufficiency.

Ghana celebrates Earth Day and March for Science with teach-ins on environmental protection and the value of science.

Tanzania’s first-ever GMO field trial could hold hope for drought-stricken small-holder farmers in Tanzania. But first it must go through a strict testing and regulatory process. Mark Lynas and Hannah Smith Walker visited the confined field trial to capture this behind-the-scenes account of public interest science as it unfolds in sub-Saharan Africa.