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Europe Must Listen to Mandelson on GM Food
By James Wachai · 17 years ago
The European Union (EU) Trade Commissioner, Peter Mandelson, last week, and for the umpteenth time, appealed to European countries to adopt an open approach to agricultural biotechnology and genetically modified (GM) food.
In a speech ...
Scientists Genetically Modify Tobacco Mosaic Virus to Fight Crop Pests and Mosquitoes
By James Wachai · 17 years ago
The field of crop genetic engineering continues to mesmerize me, and I am sure everybody else, who has followed closely the proliferation of genetically modified crops. The ingenuity of scientists working in this field, and ...
A Professor's Perspective on Agricultural Biotechnology
By James Wachai · 18 years ago
Last week, I bumped into a blog entry by Stephen Zavestoski. Mr. Zavestocki authors the blog, The Curious, and is an Associate Professor and Chair, Sociology and Environmental Studies, the University of San Francisco.
In ...
African Countries Must Speed Up Enacting Biosafety Laws
By James Wachai · 18 years ago
Opponents of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) regularly cite lack of biosafety policies as the main reason why there should be no rush to introduce genetically modified crops in Africa. I agree with them on this, ...
South Africa Should License Research Lab on Genetically Modified Sorghum
By James Wachai · 18 years ago
Prof. Florence Wambugu, a renowned agricultural biotechnologist and the founder of Africa Harvest Biotech Foundation International, is currently entangled in a row with the South African government over her plan to set up a multimillion ...