Category: GMOs
Public sector researchers defend science at UN biodiversity meeting in Cancun
Public sector scientists from around the world are descending on Cancun, Mexico, this week in preparation for a fortnight-long battle to defend...
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 – 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...
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
GMOs and gene editing: What’s the difference?
In our modern age of biotechnology, new tools are constantly being developed for agricultural improvement. Whether it’s DNA sequencing, plant tissue culture...
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
GMO misinformation in Kenya: The challenge of conveyor belt journalism in debate about biotech seeds
A report highlighting levels of misinformation about GMOs in Kenya’s media, released in February 2023 by the Alliance for Science, has brought...
afsgc 27 February 2023
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...
afsgc 27 February 2023
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...