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Kenya upholds ban on GMO crop importation
The Attorney General (AG9) has lost a bid to have orders stopping the importation of genetically modified foods (GMO) suspended ...
Kenyan President Ruto defends lifting GM crop ban, says the country needs to follow international science consensus on their safety and benefits
President William Ruto has defended his move to import genetically modified organism (GMO) foods. To back up his case, Ruto ...
With animal feed and food prices soaring across Africa, Kenya relaxes GMO import ban
The persistent high cost of animal feeds and supply chain difficulties will continue to make eggs and milk expensive, manufacturers have said ...
Viewpoint: ‘Herbicides reduce the cost of food production by half and triple yields’: Mass bans on synthetic chemicals would open the doors to 32 invasive species that threaten African crops
A recent survey by the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) shows the 32 key Invasive species in Kenya include 11 arthropods, ...
Viewpoint: If Kenya relents to activist pressure and bans pesticides, coffee, maize and wheat farmers could lose up to 90% of crops
Coffee, maize and wheat farmers could suffer up to 90 per cent in yield losses if the government bans popular ...
Kenya is emerging as a major hub of CRISPR biomedical research in Africa
Kenyan scientist Dr Hussein Abkallo wound up in the sophisticated world of Crispr Cas9 almost by chance, unaware that the ...
Kenyan scientists lobby for GMO Bt cotton approval to cut pesticide use
Mwea cotton farmers in Kirinyaga have expressed concern over the high cost of pesticides. They say they have to dig ...
Biotech crops could make Kenya major cotton producer again, government says
Kenya has been losing at least 4,210 cotton farmers every year for the last 38 years due to low returns ...
Feeding Africa’s hungry countries may require ‘a dozen Green Revolutions’
Despite agriculture’s progress in feeding more people on less land than at any time in history, there are still more ...
Counterfeit pesticides in Kenya threaten crop harvests and farmers’ health
[Kenya] is losing [millions of dollars] in revenue to unregistered agro-chemicals dealers and counterfeit pesticides, according to [the] Agrochemicals Association ...
‘Kenya’s silver bullet’? How GMO insect resistant Bt corn could help farmers fight fall armyworm outbreak
Genetically modified maize, Bacillus Thuringiensis (BT) could be Kenya’s silver bullet in the fight against Fall Armyworm which has so ...
Kenya approves field trials of bollworm-resistant GMO cotton
The National Environment Management Authority [of Kenya] will approve performance trials for genetically modified cotton by [May]. Chief compliance officer ...
Kenya field trail shows promise of GMO insect-resistant Bt corn to combat fall armyworm African invasion
Scientists in [Kenya] have successfully tested genetically modified maize samples that are resistant to stem borer and are drought tolerant ...
Kenyan oncologist: Shift health focus away from safe GMO foods to actual carcinogens — Like alcohol
[Editor's note: David Makumi is an oncologist and chairman of the Kenya Network of Cancer Organisations.] Every time the Health ...
Kenya unveils first-ever GMO label, riling activists who want imports banned
The government has launched a genetically modified organism labelling mark that will be attached to food products on sale. Willy Tonui, ...
Kenyan students promise demonstrations if GMO ban not lifted
Students from five public universities have threatened to usher in the New Year with massive nationwide protests if the Jubilee ...
Kenyan MP: EU’s draft bill on GMOs ‘intended to make Africa remain in subsistence farming’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. MPs have criticised a ...
Kenyan research on GM maize must reach farmers
Dr Murenga Mwimali is the country co-ordinator of Water Efficient Maize for Africa. He was interviewed by AGATHA NGOTHO You ...
Scientists call to lift Kenyan GMO ban, claim it affects HIV-Aids patients who need nutrition
A group of scientists from public universities and research centres has faulted the government for banning genetically modified foods. The scientists ...
Kenyan scientists call on government to lift ban on GMOs after retraction of Séralini study
In response to the retraction of a study allegedly showing that consuming genetically modified corn causes tumor growth in rats, ...
Kenya: National Biosafety Authority to ensure GM foods’ safety
The following is an excerpt. Dr Willy Kiprotich Tonui is the chief executive officer (CEO) of the National Biosafety Authority ...
Scientists now raise fears on safety of GMOs
Dr Lubano Kizito of the Kenya Medical Research Institute said the human health is crucial and thus safety issues that ...
