All posts tagged "Biotechnology"
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News
Sunrise awarded for excellent reporting on modern agriculture
May 30, 2017The Sunrise’s efforts to communicate for development, part of its mission, have paid off after one...
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Analysis
Unfriendly working Environment Driving Scientists out of Uganda
May 11, 2017Two senior banana breeders and a regulator leave for greener pastures In the last couple of...
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Analysis
Experts speak out on pesticide-resistant armyworms
March 17, 2017Ugandan maize trial proves successful in controlling the armyworm but farmers cannot yet access the variety...
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News
Blocking solutions to hunger and poverty is criminal, says former Tanzanian Minister
August 18, 2016There is no more justification to delay access to life-saving modern agricultural technologies for poor...
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News
Major potato disease gets cure
February 9, 2016Ugandan scientists have developed a new Irish potato variety that is resistant to the devastating late...
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News
Scientists to showcase agricultural innovations against climate change
November 19, 2015Scientists from Uganda and over ten other countries are set to convene at Makerere University between...
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Business
Biotech opens lucrative avenue for boosting exports – Pharmacist
August 24, 2015A senior pharmacist in Uganda says that the country needs to seriously consider adopting modern biotechnology...
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human traffickingFeatures
More obstacles to agricultural progress than government funding
July 2, 2015There is genuine outcry across the country that Uganda’s low level of budgetary allocation towards agriculture...
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Business
Pharmacists tip farmers on opportunities in GM products
May 29, 2015Ugandan farmers are losing billions of money to their counterparts in America and other countries who...