Author: afsgc

Agricultural research body launches curriculum to boost biotechnology

19 April 2023 by afsgc

What you need to know: Secondary school students will now be able to enhance their understanding of biotechnology after the Kenya Agricultural...

Indian farmers plant GMO seeds in civil disobedience ‘satyagraha’ protest

7 March 2023 by afsgc

Some 1,500 farmers gathered in India today to illegally plant government-banned genetically modified (GM) seeds, which they say could improve their livelihoods...

Public sector researchers defend science at UN biodiversity meeting in Cancun

7 March 2023 by afsgc

Public sector scientists from around the world are descending on Cancun, Mexico, this week in preparation for a fortnight-long battle to defend...

AfS at 5: Fire in their bellies

7 March 2023 by afsgc

As we reflect this week on the first five years of the Alliance for Science, it’s apparent our greatest successes stem from...

The Biodiversity Innovation Coalition – PRRI – Public Research & Regulation Initiative

7 March 2023 by afsgc

Background and objective In December 2022, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted at its...

Global Leadership Fellows – Alliance for Science

7 March 2023 by afsgc

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 embark as ‘change agents’

7 March 2023 by afsgc

“We were given a once in a lifetime opportunity to learn and be agents of change in our respective communities. We are...

Global Leadership Fellows vow to help smallholder farmers

7 March 2023 by afsgc

The 2018 Alliance for Science Global Leadership Fellows have promised to bring change to their countries by making sure that science and...

Global Leadership Fellows share passion to improve the planet

7 March 2023 by afsgc

With words of encouragement and a strong sense of comaraderie, the Cornell Alliance for Science graduated its 2016 cohort of Global Leadership...