Category: Agriculture
The Link Between GMOs & Diseases Like Cancer
Merab Akinyi 17 July 2023
Indian farmers plant GMO seeds in civil disobedience ‘satyagraha’ protest
Some 1,500 farmers gathered in India today to illegally plant government-banned genetically modified (GM) seeds, which they say could improve their livelihoods...
afsgc 7 March 2023
AfS at 5: Fire in their bellies
As we reflect this week on the first five years of the Alliance for Science, it’s apparent our greatest successes stem from...
afsgc 7 March 2023
Global Leadership Fellows embark as ‘change agents’
“We were given a once in a lifetime opportunity to learn and be agents of change in our respective communities. We are...
afsgc 7 March 2023
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...
afsgc 7 March 2023
Gene editing cattle to cope with climate change
Zimbabwean farmer Obert Chinhamo believes in quality over quantity when generating value from cattle. “It is good to have a lot of...
afsgc 6 March 2023
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...
afsgc 6 March 2023
African scientists lead the continent’s gene editing research
Research using gene editing technology is being undertaken on the continent largely by African scientists to provide solutions for Africa, according to...
afsgc 6 March 2023
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...