All posts tagged "Biotechnology"

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NARO goes private, but move sparks controversy

The National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) has registered a private company under the name NARO Holdings...

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Farmers leaders push for strategic ties with researchers

When Arthur Makara, the Executive Director of Science Foundation for Livelihoods and Development (SCIFODE) introduced himself...

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Uganda takes major strides in biotech capacity development

Move seen as a major step to help country launch itself into the bio-economy   Uganda...

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Biotech innovators recognized

Some of Uganda’s most outstanding innovators and promoters of biotechnology have been recognized for what was...

Analysis

Africa’s new development ‘trigger’ unwrapped

In 2006, Narcis Tumushabe through a private company known as Commercial Farms of Uganda, received a...

Analysis

Farmers pressure seen as missing link in removing bad policies in Uganda

The latest report on the global acquisition of biotechnology is out and reports a significant increase...

Business

For Ethiopia, industrialisation starts with the right seeds

If there’s any meaning to the term leap-frogging development, events in Ethiopia best capture the speed...

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Biotech pioneers scoop 2018 water prize

The use of biotechnology for improving lives has received another seal of approval – this time...

Analysis

Population to force Uganda to adopt science in food production

Uganda’s rapid population growth rate of 3 percent per year is a critical challenge to consider...

Health

Biosafety law a red card to pests, says pro-biotech campaigner

The newly enacted Biosafety Act 2017 is a Red Card to some of the most menacing...