NARO goes private, but move sparks controversy
The National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) has registered a private company under the name NARO Holdings Ltd to commercialise and ...
Tag: Biotechnology
Farmers leaders push for strategic ties with researchers
When Arthur Makara, the Executive Director of Science Foundation for Livelihoods and Development (SCIFODE) introduced himself at a recent event ...
Uganda takes major strides in biotech capacity development
Move seen as a major step to help country launch itself into the bio-economy Uganda has taken major steps ...
Biotech innovators recognized
Some of Uganda's most outstanding innovators and promoters of biotechnology have been recognized for what was described as laying the ...
Africa’s new development ‘trigger’ unwrapped
In 2006, Narcis Tumushabe through a private company known as Commercial Farms of Uganda, received a request to supply some ...
Farmers pressure seen as missing link in removing bad policies in Uganda
The latest report on the global acquisition of biotechnology is out and reports a significant increase in the adoption of ...
For Ethiopia, industrialisation starts with the right seeds
If there's any meaning to the term leap-frogging development, events in Ethiopia best capture the speed with which the country ...
Biotech pioneers scoop 2018 water prize
The use of biotechnology for improving lives has received another seal of approval – this time from the water sector. ...
Population to force Uganda to adopt science in food production
Uganda's rapid population growth rate of 3 percent per year is a critical challenge to consider while analysing policies and ...
Biosafety law a red card to pests, says pro-biotech campaigner
The newly enacted Biosafety Act 2017 is a Red Card to some of the most menacing crop pests and diseases ...
