Over twenty Nigerian journalists gathered in Abuja from 18-21 March to gain insight into plant genetics and its relevance for Nigerian farmers. The latest group of Media Fellows were joined by B4FA alumni as well as mentors, who included Nigerian, British and American scientists and journalists.
Jamila Hamisu Mai Iyali of Freedom …
Discussants at Ghana Insights book launch
On 14 March, Biosciences for Farming in Africa (B4FA) launched its new book of essays, Insights – Africa’s future … can biosciences contribute? at the Ghana International Press Centre.
B4FA welcomed several discussants, including the Hon. Dr. A.Y. Alhassan, the Chair of the Ghanaian Parliament Agriculture Committee, Prof. Josephine …
This week, B4FA’s Scientific Advisor, Prof. Chris Leaver was interviewed by East African Business Week‘s Kenan Kalagho – read excerpts below to hear Prof. Leaver’s views on food security, plant genetics and GM crops…
What is Bioscience for farming in Africa?
This is a programme specifically designed to encourage informed discussion about …
Lominda Afedraru, a B4FA Media Fellow in Uganda, has recently published two intriguing articles on banana breeding to fight pests and diseases and on the prospect of Vitamin A-rich millet.
In her article on the challenges facing banana production in Uganda, she highlights the diseases that have plagued bananas. Fortunately, researchers have accepted the …
Writing in The East African, B4FA Media Fellow Isaac Khisa reports that cassava research, breeding and production has recently received a boost in the form of a $25.2m five-year project, dubbed “Next Generation Cassava”, that is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DfID).
The aim of …
Last week, a joint workshop “Governance of Science, Technologies and Innovation including Genetics for Farming, Biotechnologies, Nanotechnologies and Indigenous Knowledge” with the European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC), National Academies Sciences in Africa (NASAC), African Technology Policy Studies (ATPS), Malaysian Commonweatlh Study Centre, Cambridge, and B4FA was held at the African …