Access to More Trade Could Mean Access to New Technologies for Kenyas Farmers
When I traveled to the United States from my familys farm in Kenya two years ago, I saw firsthand how agricultural science and engineering can help feed the w...
Food Safety and Labeling
Sensible Fertilizer Regulation is Important to Kenyas Farmers and our Environment
It is common knowledge among Kenyan farmers that without fertilizer, crops wont grow.
Just as children need healthy diets to flourish, plants need special n...
Still Waiting for Approval to Plant Golden Rice
Bangladesh is on the verge of making one of the most important decisions in the history of GM crops: It may become the first country to commercialize and grow g...
Item of Interest: Let's trust African scientists in war on hunger
This column originally appeared on 11/11/19 in the Ideas & Debate section of Business Daily Africa.
In the West, daily, people are asking themselves, 'What...
Let the Farmer Have a Voice
Always let the farmer have a voice.
That's the message I delivered last month at an agricultural forum in Germany and it's the message that I intend to spread ...
Be Neat, Eat Meat without Guilt
"Hey, be neat, no meat," said television talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres in a short video she posted to social media on September 17.
"It's a great idea for the...
Uncovering the Food-based Version of "Stolen Valor"
"We care deeply about where our ingredients come from," says Chipotle Mexican Grill on its website.
Yet the restaurant chain apparently doesn't care enough to ...
Farmers on the Frontiers of Prosperity are choosing GM Seeds
Farmers on the frontiers of prosperity are choosing GM seeds.
Theyre embracing this technology so much that 54 percent of the global cropland devoted to GM ...
News Item: 'Feeding 10 Billion People Will Require Genetically Modified Food'
Bloomberg - By Deena Shanker - July 16, 2019
Feeding 10 Billion People Will Require Genetically Modified Food
The climate is changing, the population is growin...
Let Africans Decide What is Best for Africa
The statement just came to me: Let Africans decide what is best for Africa!
A European expert had offered a different opinion. In his view, African farme...