GM crops: Kenya and Nigeria progress as Uganda falters
Though several African countries, including Kenya, Nigeria and Ethiopia, are making tremendous strides in their quest to develop and commercialize genetically m...
Bt Cotton
Take advantage of biotechnology
A number of African countries have begun to take advantage of agricultural biotechnology to overcome crop production challenges. The last country reported to ha...
KUDOS TO THE GOVERNMENT OF KENYA: BT COTTON IS NOW A REALITY!
My country at long last will join the Gene Revolution: Farmers in Kenya are about to plant GM crops for the first time.
This is wonderful news for a nation ...
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...
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...
Indias Farmers Want Access to Innovative Agriculture Technologies
It is very difficult to stop a good idea from spreading.
This is the ultimate lesson gained from the discovery this spring that genetically modified brinjal ...
Video: The Tipping Point of Prosperity
Recently, Global Farmer Network board member and 2013 Kleckner Award recipient V. Ravichandran who farms in India took part in a converstion with Kiru Pillay, P...
Nigerian Agriculture Embraces the Future
The young man was worried.
My sister, he wrote on Facebook, I have read a lot of unsavory stories about GMOs and many countries with better advanced resea...
Video: Indian farmer says Bt cotton has transformed her farm
Global Farmer Network member Sujathra Sridhar from India did a brief interview with CropLife Interntional while in Des Moines, Iowa for the 2017 Global Farmer R...
India: GFN Farmer's Daughter and PhD Student
Aman Mann is preparing the start a PhD program with her research focused on Climate Change and Agricultural Sustainability. She is the daughter of a farmer, Gur...