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Nations agree on a compromise for biodiversity, what happens next is up to all of us
Around 200 nations attended the 15th Conference of Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity in Montreal at the end of December 2022. The event boasted around 16,000 participants from governments, UN and international organizations, Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLCs), non-governmental organizations, academia, and the private sector. The…
Uganda scientists push for adoption of GM crops as anti-biotechnology activists spread misinformation
Even though GMOs have been scientifically proven to be safe and would be an invaluable component of Uganda’s food security strategy, they continue to be a target of attack by politicians and civil society groups. Uganda, ironically, has the largest number of GM crops under test at…
Kenya ready for carbon removal, says President William Ruto’s climate change Special Advisor
Kenya is ready to take the lead on carbon removal as the next biggest solution to the climate change crisis. Ali Mohamed, the Special Secretary for Climate Change at the Executive Office of the President, says the country has been pushing the carbon removal agenda since 2018 because…
Leading by example: Policy maker transforms pastoralist community
Hon. Jackline Koin stands out in her Maasai community as a symbol of visionary female leadership. The Kajiado County Executive member for Agriculture has just started her second five-year term and is excited to continue using this platform to advocate for climate adaptation among her pastoralist community. Going back to…
Invest more in agricultural innovations to tackle food insecurity, experts urge
Governments have been urged to increase investment in research and technological innovations to help deal with food insecurity. Speaking during a dialogue session at the World Food Prize event in Des Moines, Iowa – USA, Samantha Power, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator, said there is evidence…
Alliance for Science shifts strategy to widen its mandate
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek”– Senator Barack Obama’s speech to supporters after the nomination contests, February 2008. Those words, by…
Regional governments lag in their response as famine looms in East Africa
Though tragedy looms for millions in Eastern Africa as a catastrophic drought wreaks havoc, the response from governments across the region has been muted. The World Health Organization has warned that millions are facing starvation and disease in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan…
Pitting agroecology against biotechnology is fundamental error
Pitting biotechnology against agroecology — as has been the case in a long-running debate around food and agriculture — is a fundamental error. Biotechnology is a set of tools that can be used to improve crops and animals, while agroecology is an approach to farming that has various…
Ghanaian scientist: ‘Africa needs GMOs more than the rest of the world’
Africa has a more urgent need than the rest of the world to adopt genetically modified organisms for agricultural improvement, says Prof. Eric Yirenkyi Danquah, founding director of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement(WACCI) at the University of Ghana. Challenges like climate change and population…