Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s verbal miscues By Rotimi Fasan
December 3, 2022
Agriculture
ICYMI: Will crop biotechnology breakthroughs usher in a new ‘Green Revolution’? By Ronald Bailey
A wheat farm. A recent spate of crop biotech breakthroughs presage a New Green Revolution that will boost crop production,...
Read moreGreen Revolution Forum Confronts Food, Fertilizer Crises By Timothy A. Wise
After a March 30 briefing for members of U.S. Congress by African civil society leaders, three representatives wrote a letter...
Read moreNew Excerpt from Eating Tomorrow: Hogging the Gains from Trade in Mexico By Timothy Wise
In this excerpt from Chapter 8 of my book, Eating Tomorrow, I recount one of the most compelling stories I...
Read moreAfrican community leaders tell Congress: Stop funding African Green Revolution By Timothy A. Wise
File photo to illustrate story. Members would do well to listen closely to the supposed beneficiaries of AGRA, who are...
Read moreStarvation: 20 million at risk as Horn of Africa drought worsens
The U.N. warned Tuesday that millions of people living in the Horn of Africa face starvation this year, as delayed...
Read moreCongress Should Pull the Plug on USAID’s Failing African Green Revolution By Anne Maina
At the end of the day, it is the agrochemical dealers and multinational corporations selling synthetic fertilizers and seeds, not...
Read moreUSAID, donors must rethink Africa’s flagging Green Revolution, new evaluation shows By Timothy A. Wise
As fertilizer and food prices spike with rising energy prices from the Russia-Ukraine war, African farmers and governments need the...
Read moreCoalition demands ban of Bt Cowpea in Nigeria and other West African countries
By Judith Ufford Bt-Cowpea approved in Nigeria, Ghana to follow. Nigeria is the first country to commercially release Bt Cowpea,...
Read moreStill Failing Africa’s Farmers Donor-funded evaluation: “AGRA did not meet its headline goal” By Timothy A. Wise
African smallholder farmer pix: AGRA Earlier this week, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa published an evaluation funded...
Read moreBiosafety Agency’s DG denies calling GMO critics terrorists
By Judith Ufford Dr. Rufus Ebegba, DG NBMA. Director-General (DG), National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) Dr. Rufus Ebegba has denied...
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