- Kenya
approves a national policy on biotechnology
Ochieng'
Ogodo, 24 October 2006
Source: SciDev.Net
[NAIROBI] The Kenyan government has approved its policy
on how biotechnology is handled in research, development,
and in its application. The National Biotechnology
Development Policy 2006 approved by the cabinet last
month (28 September) marks the go-ahead for the use
ofbiotechnology in the country.
- Will
Agbiotech Applications Reach Marginalized Farmers
Evidence from Developing Countries?
Many in the international research community are promoting
agricultural biotechnology (agbiotech) as a partial
solution to reducing poverty, stimulating agricultural
development, and promoting economy-wide growth in
many developing countries.
- Where
field work means female work.
Featured on Syngenta.com (Based on an article by Jürg
Bürgi for the Syngenta Foundation). Life as a young
widow is fairly difficult anywhere. Being a farmer
in a developing country remains hard as well. But
as well as family networks, personal initiative can
also help.
- Kenya
Begins First Open Field Trials of GM Maize.
Feature story on the SciDev.Net website [NAIROBI]
Kenya last week became the first African country other
than South Africa to plant genetically modified (GM)
maize in open fields.
- CIMMYT. Insect
Resistant Maize in Africa Moves Forward
- CIMMYT. Revised
IRMA II Project Plan Stresses Regulatory
- Issues
and New Management Structure December 12, 2005 - Bug
Havens Keep Maize Pest-Proof.
Featured on CIMMYT's Electronic Newsletter
African maize farmers who will grow transgenic maize
varieties resistant to one of the crop’s most damaging
pests, the maize stem borer, learn that to keep borers
at bay, some must survive.
- October 06, 2005 - East
African Farming Genetically Transformed
Featured in SpaceDaily
Kenya has become the first African country other than
South Africa to plant genetically modified maize in
open fields.
- July 13, 2005 - Kenyan
agriculture is on the brink of a GM revolution.
Featured on BBC World service.com
- June 15, 2005 - Genes
and a Hoe
Featured on The New York Time website
Every year Kenya's corn farmers lose about 15 percent
of their crop to the stem borer, an insect that drills
into the corn stalk. Farmers who can afford it douse
their corn repeatedly with pesticides, which poison
the environment. The stem borer and its relatives
steal the livelihood of...
- May 31, 2005 - Kenyan
scientists in biotech maize field trial.
- August 13, 2004 - Debunking
the myths of GM crops for Africa: New research
findings on the value of Bt maize to farmers in Kenya
- June 29, 2004 - Small-scale
farmers get technology boost in Africa.
Feature
story on the SciDev.Net website (IRMA project mentioned).
- June 29, 2004 - Government
will embrace modern agricultural technologies.
Feature story on State House, Kenya website.
- June 29, 2004 - President
Kibaki's speech on the occasion of the commissioning
of the KARI Biosafety Greenhouse Complex at Kari,
Kabete on 23rd June, 2004.
- Featured on the State House, Kenya website.June
25, 2004 - Kibaki
speech on GM foods rouses debate, (needs subscription)
Feature story in Nation, Kenya.
While opening a greenhouse for genetically-modified
(GM) maize at the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute
(Kari) on Wednesday, President Kibaki said that his
government is committed to the development of GM,
or any other technology, that will increase agricultural
output
- June 24, 2004 - Kibaki
opens greenhouse for GM foods, Feature
story in Nation, Kenya.
The Government strongly supports the use of genetically
modified (GM) crops and other modern scientific technologies
to boost agriculture, President Kibaki affirmed yesterday.
- 2003 - Maize
Project Has Valuable Spin-offs, [PDF] Thanks to
the Insect Resistant Maize for Africa (IRMA) project,
the National Museum of Kenya has acquired an arthropod
reference collection for the nation's maize cropping
systems(arthropods include insects, spiders, and crustaceans).
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FIELD
STORY
A few weeks ago Philip Gichuki planted
maize grains in the red earth for the second time. He
put several of them in the same hole, so he can be sure
at least one will sprout.
grants
Crop research funded by SFSA aims to
develop new technologies to improve yield and reduce
the risk of crop failure.
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