Category: Food

Addressing food security in Kenya

Over 800million People go Hungry & it is likely to Escalate

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...