February 5, 2024

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From California to Kenya: The first year of the CRISPR course for African plant scientists

January 26, 2024

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CRISPR-edited crops break new ground in Africa - Scientists in the global south use the popular technique to protect local crops against local threats (Nature)

December 18, 2023

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Scientists call for framework to scale up genome editing adoption in Africa (Ghana News Agency)

June 2, 2023

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Founding Director of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) calls on African plant breeders to embrace new breeding technologies to ensure a sustainable food secure future (News Ghana)

African plant breeders urged to embrace new breeding technologies, develop climate-smart solutions to address food insecurity (allAfrica)

May 22, 2023

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Gene revolution - What next for Zimbabwe? (The Standard)

March 13, 2023

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Africa steps up genetic engineering for climate-resilient crops 

August 24, 2022

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How and why gene editing faces fewer global regulations than GMOs (Genetic Literacy Project)

June 6, 2022

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Lesson for Africa on risks and rewards of regulating gene editing

June 2, 2022

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Genome editing: New breeding tool with potential to sustain agriculture in Africa

March 25, 2022

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How South Africa is bungling regulation of CRISPR and other gene edited crops — and why consumers will pay the price (Genetic Literacy Project)

November 23, 2021

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The global GM regulatory landscape and how gene editing fits in it (Part 1)

August 12, 2021

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Gene editing is key to improving Africa’s staple crops

July 20, 2021

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African governments urged to fast-track biotech commercialisation on the continent

May 12, 2021

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The regulatory landscape for genome-edited plants is rapidly changing, experts say

November 11, 2020

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African scientists fear the continent will be left behind as gene editing transforms food production

September 2, 2020

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The evolving landscape around genome editing in agriculture - Many countries have exempted or move to exempt forms of genome editing from GMO regulation of crop plants

July 22, 2020

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African Agricultural Technology Foundation cautions against over-regulating breeding (The Nation)

July 13, 2020

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Science-based policies can unlock Africa’s access to genome-edited crop varieties

May 14, 2020

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Why Ethiopia needs to embrace gene-modification technology (Ethiopia Observer)

April 23, 2020

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Gene editing will revolutionize crop breeding in Africa, new paper predicts

March 17, 2020

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From hunger to profitable harvest: How GMO, CRISPR-edited plants can help curb $220 billion in annual crop losses (Genetic Literacy Project)

September 13, 2019

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Can the gene editing technology known as CRISPR help reduce biodiversity loss worldwide? Though scientists are optimistic that CRISPR could help, they also emphasize caution and community engagement in order to get it right (Ensia)

September 5, 2019

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Declaration to establish African Coalition on Communicating about Genome Editing adopted at the Africa Biennial Biosciences Communication Symposium

September 4, 2019

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‘Patchwork’ of global gene editing regulations will harm seed production, warns the International Seed Federation

August 14, 2019

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New breeding technologies needed to meet skyrocketing demand for wheat, scientists warn

July 17, 2019

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Will following the regulatory script for GMOs promote public acceptance of gene-edited crops? (Trends in Biotechnology)

July 15, 2019

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Kenya - We need policy on new breeding technologies (The Standard)

December 18, 2018

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New biotech crop-breeding technologies struggle for traction across much of Africa (Genetic Literacy Project)

February 23, 2018

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Africa could become a world agricultural leader in CRISPR and other new breeding techniques (Genetic Literacy Project)