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Agricultural research body launches curriculum to boost biotechnology
What you need to know: Secondary school students will now be able to enhance their understanding of biotechnology after the Kenya Agricultural...
afsgc 19 April 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
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
The Biodiversity Innovation Coalition – PRRI – Public Research & Regulation Initiative
Background and objective In December 2022, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted at its...
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...