All posts tagged "GMOs"
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News
Ugandans march in support of GMOs, laud Kenya’s President for embracing technology
February 12, 2023Students mostly from Makerere University joined scientists and farmers on Friday for a march in support...
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NARO supports Kenyan counterpart to successfully lodge GM cassava application
May 18, 2020Kenya’s top agricultural research body the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) has successfully submitted...
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Analysis
What will happen to Uganda if we start to grow GM crops?
May 4, 2018One of the reasons why the U.S. and China are on top of the world is...
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Parliament in U-Turn on GMO Law
April 20, 2018A number of scientists have expressed shock and anger at the proposed restrictive provisions that were...
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human traffickingFeatures
What if most of Uganda’s cherished food originated elsewhere
July 22, 2017Biosafety guru makes case for biotechnology law in Uganda Biotechnology and Genetically Modified Foods attract impassioned...
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Ordeal of a potato farmer who harvested 4kgs from 80kgs he planted
May 27, 2016Farmers narrate ordeals of total destruction of the crop by fungal disease Stephen Tindimubona planted an...
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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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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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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...