Press Release:Kenya Making Progress in Uptake of Disease Resistant Cassava Varieties
Nairobi, Kenya: 5th July, 2021- In a bid to improve cassava varieties in Kenya, researchers at the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)...
WHO: Africa ‘far from ready’ to deliver COVID-19 vaccines
As Europe and America begin to roll out a mass COVID-19 vaccination effort to prevent the continuous spread of the novel coronavirus, a World...
Press Release : Pesticides’ Ban Threatens Kenya’s Food Security, Science Based Approach Needed
Nairobi, 18 January 2022-If Kenya aligns with European Union (EU)’s pesticides rule by withdrawing about 262 pesticide molecules from the market as proposed by...
Press Release: Kenya Should not Regulate Genome-edited Crops as Genetically Modified Crops, Expert...
Naivasha, 31st August, 2021-With the increase in population and demands for more food, African countries are looking for ways of boosting food production. This...
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The Lancet: First continent-wide analysis confirms Africa’s second COVID-19 wave was more severe than its first
**Country-level data available in the article**
Almost 3 million COVID-19...
Press Release:Survey shows rise in vaccine hesitancy in Ghana
Accra, July 23, 2021: Research led by the University of Southampton into the uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine in Ghana, West Africa has concluded...
Press Release:-New variants, Violation of COVID-19 Containment Protocols Responsible for Spike in COVID-19 Cases...
Nairobi, Kenya 16th June, 2021- The recent spike in COVID-19 cases in Uganda which have led to a 42-days lockdown in the country has...
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Africa Needs to Scale Up Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Capacity
Nairobi, 8th April 2021:-Unless Africa ramps up its capacity to mitigate and adapt to...
Press Release: Omicron Unlikely to cause Severe Illness among Vaccinated People
December 7, 2021, Nairobi, Kenya- Even though available evidence shows that Omicron variant is more transmissible compared to the deadly Delta variant, it is...
Press Release:Low Uptake, Lack of Diversity among Challenges Ailing the African Seed Industry
Nairobi, 1 October 2021- Though improved seeds can deliver state of the art technology to farmers: higher yields, diseases and pest resistance, climate change...