The threat of COVID-19 spurred innovation at unprecedented rates. Moderna and Pfizer’s RNA vaccines were approved in about a year....

Our world is undergoing climate changes that have triggered a spate of calamitous disruptions on agricultural production and overall food...

As Nigeria experiences a sizable hike in the price of cowpea, scientists say broad cultivation of genetically modified (GM) varieties...

In January 2021, a devastating cyclone hit Mozambique and flooded Berta Inácio Ngove’s field, burying a promising crop of maize...

Two new papers aim to quantify the social welfare and economic costs that countries inflict upon themselves by restricting the...

Though we still hear some moaning and groaning about GMOs — genetically modified organisms — it primarily comes from a...

Now that it has a new governing board, Ghana’s National Biosafety Authority says it is ready to resume its approval...

Dr. Canisius Kanangire, the newly appointed executive director of the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), was

Nearly 700 scientists from across the globe have signed a petition urging the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) to allow genetically...

Agricultural biotechnology will help Nigeria respond to climate change issues and support food security, asserts a new study by West...

An iron digger adapted from a motor vehicle spring thrusts effortlessly deep into the sides of green vines covering an...

As the world looks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a new study from Canada shows that genetically modified (GM) crops...

Many countries have enjoyed improved economies and healthier populations by farming genetically modified (GM) crops, according to a report from...

Synthetic biology can solve some of Africa’s pressing challenges related to poverty, food insecurity and climate change, scientists say, but...

As crop losses in Ghana lead to skyrocketing prices for cowpea — a protein-rich staple food — farmers, seed producers...

Nigerian farmers growing the country’s first GMO food crop — pod borer-resistant (PBR) cowpea, or beans — say they have...

After growing frustrated with legislative inaction, biotechnology students in Uganda have started an initiative to advocate for biotechnology, gene editing...

With a few helpful tweaks to its regulations on crop biotechnology, the European Union could easily spawn an avalanche of...

Can agroecology coexist with modern agricultural technologies? What is the reason for the fight against genetically modified (GM) cowpea or...

Oxitec has begun taking its “Friendly” technology for controlling disease-transmitting mosquitoes without pesticides directly to the Brazilian public.

On a hypothetical culinary tour around the globe, sampling the classic dishes of the world, one would be hard pressed...

After demand for Nigeria’s genetically modified, pod borer-resistant (PBR) cowpea seed far outstripped supply, the public sector scientists who developed...

Scientists in Africa are calling on the continent’s leaders to enact policies and other laws that can facilitate adoption of...

In a win for smallholder farmers and public sector research, Brazil grocery stores are now selling a genetically modified bean...

Happy World CRISPR Day!  Meet Nicholas Karavolias, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Berkeley in the Plant and...

The rains are long gone and the field is dry, but the sorghum crop is flush with luscious green leaves,...

After releasing coffee varieties resistant to wilt disease, Ugandan agricultural scientists have begun developing Robusta varieties that are drought-tolerant as...

Banning genetically modified crops and glyphosate will harm 40 percent of Mexico’s gross domestic product (GDP), warned economist Fernando Cruz...

Nigeria continues to emerge as a leader in Africa’s adoption of crop biotechnology, approving insect-resistant and drought-tolerant TELA maize for...

Faced with weather extremes, food insecurity and a fast-growing population, there is growing acceptance in Uganda for adopting innovative biotechnologies...

More than 200,000 people have died of hunger since the much-heralded United Nations Food Systems Summit concluded nearly two weeks...

For decades, new technologies in agriculture have assisted farmers by making food production more efficient. Artificial fertilizers have raised productivity,...

Nigeria is witnessing a shortage of genetically modified cowpea seeds as farmer demand for the insect-resistant crop dramatically outstrips supply.

The United Nations Food Systems Summit’s Scientific Group has recognized gene editing as a key tool that can help transform...

Proposals to end world hunger that will emerge from today’s historic United Nations Food Systems Summit will only succeed if...

Gene editing continues to show great promise for developing more resilient and climate-smart crops to counter the mounting threat of...

Africa will be pushing for a rapid adoption of biotechnology as one tool to help transform the world’s food systems...

The World Food Program has warned that the COVID-19 pandemic could cause one of the worst food crises since World...

Though the United Nations billed its Sept. 23 Food Systems Summit as an opportunity for “everyone …. to carve a...

Insect-resistant brinjal, or eggplant, is arguably the most impactful project to bring agricultural biotechnology to resource-poor farmers.