We need to address food insecurity but must first end misinformation
Kenyas’ food insecurity is as old as its independence. First President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta committed to fighting disease, ignorance and hunger, the […]
Food security: Lessons from Nigeria
The organisation seeks to enhance food security, environmental sustainability and the quality of life globally by promoting access to scientific innovation. Nigeria, […]
Global Leadership Fellows – Alliance for Science
In Fall 2015, 25 emerging leaders from around the world came to Cornell University to participate in the inaugural Alliance for Science […]
Global Leadership Fellows vow to help smallholder farmers
The 2018 Alliance for Science Global Leadership Fellows have promised to bring change to their countries by making sure that science and […]
Gene editing key to sustainable agriculture in Africa, scientists say
Africa must update its regulations to accommodate the gene-edited crops needed to sustainably intensify agriculture to feed the continent’s growing population, a […]
Maci Mueller: Pioneering revolutionary changes in livestock breeding through gene editing
Scientific innovator Maci Mueller is using gene editing to revolutionize the way that ranchers and dairy farmers perpetuate their herds. By combining […]
US consumers view gene editing in a favorable light
Consumers in the United States are generally favorable to the use of gene editing in agriculture, a new survey by the Alliance […]
South-South collaboration showcases locally developed LMOs as a tool for sustainable development at Biodiversity COP15
The 15th United Nations Biodiversity Conference of Parties (CBD COP15) took place in December 2022, in Montreal, Canada. The 196 parties who are […]
Ghana scientists make second application to biosafety authority to allow them to fortify the Bt cowpea
Scientists at the Council for Industrial and Scientific Research (CSIR) and the Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) in Ghana have submitted another […]
Scientists to sequence African species to safeguard biodiversity and secure food supplies
Conservation scientists in Africa have started to collect and store genomic information on plants, animals, and other eukaryotic organisms on the continent […]