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February 5, 2024
From California to Kenya: The first year of the CRISPR course for African plant scientists
January 26, 2024
CRISPR-edited crops break new ground in Africa - Scientists in the global south use the popular technique to protect local crops against local threats (Nature)
December 18, 2023
Scientists call for framework to scale up genome editing adoption in Africa (Ghana News Agency)
November 10, 2023
Forging partnerships key to harnessing gene editing potential in Zimbabwe (The Herald)
November 9, 2023
Zimbabwe urged to develop robust gene editing regulations (The Herald)
July 25, 2023
Kenya to profit from gene editing in fight against maize lethal necrosis disease (The Star)
June 2, 2023
Founding Director of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) calls on African plant breeders to embrace new breeding technologies to ensure a sustainable food secure future (News Ghana)
African plant breeders urged to embrace new breeding technologies, develop climate-smart solutions to address food insecurity (allAfrica)
May 25, 2023
African CRISPR course wins $2 million in funding - Allen Van Deynze is organizer of course to improve regionally important crops
May 24, 2023
From California to Kenya: sharing CRISPR tools with African scientists
Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) grant trains African scientists to improve regionally important crops
May 22, 2023
Gene revolution - What next for Zimbabwe? (The Standard)
April 14, 2023
Africa steps up genetic engineering for climate-resilient crops
March 13, 2023
February 20, 2023
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and partners train African scientists on CRISPR technology to adapt to climate change impacts in agriculture
November 15, 2022
West African Centre for Crop Improvement seeks partnership with the African Agricultural Technology Foundation on gene editing
November 7, 2022
Ghana - West African Centre for Crop Improvement invites African Agricultural Technology Foundation to jointly set up a gene editing platform to fast-track crop improvements using modern technologies (My Joy Online)
September 6, 2022
Nigeria adopts national guidelines on genetically modified plants with stacked genes
August 24, 2022
How and why gene editing faces fewer global regulations than GMOs (Genetic Literacy Project)
June 24, 2022
African scientists lead the continent’s gene editing research
June 10, 2022
Kenya’s gene-edited seeds will be affordable, scientist say
IITA partners to deliver a new training course in gene editing for African scientists
June 6, 2022
Lesson for Africa on risks and rewards of regulating gene editing
June 2, 2022
Genome editing: New breeding tool with potential to sustain agriculture in Africa
March 25, 2022
How South Africa is bungling regulation of CRISPR and other gene edited crops — and why consumers will pay the price (Genetic Literacy Project)
March 16, 2022
Kenya publishes genome editing regulations, becoming the second African country to do so
Guidelines for determining the regulatory process of genome editing techniques in Kenya
March 9, 2022
Innovative Genomics Institute partners with African Plant Breeding Academy for new CRISPR course
February 10, 2022
Africa Harvest and the Network of African Science Academies (NASAC) offer a series of webinars on Gene Editing Technology Initiative
January 19, 2022
Joint news release issued by Agbiz, Sansor and Croplife SA on the industry appeal lodged against South Africa’s regulatory approach to classify and regulate all new breeding techniques (nbts) Under the genetically modified organisms act 15 of 1997
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