Uganda Biotechnology Consortium

14/10/2020

ISAAA invites everyone to the webinar on the Global Impact of GM Crops to be held on October 15, 2020 at 2 PM  (GMT+5:30) via Zoom.

14/10/2020

In a Matters Arising paper published in Nature Plants, Dr. Matin Qaim, Professor of International Food Economics and Rural Development at the University of Goettingen, Germany, summarized the sizeable benefits of Bt cotton for small farms in India.

14/10/2020

14/10/2020

Besides the HB4 trait, the event stack with an herbicide tolerance trait was also approved. CTNBio's approval is followed by a 30-day public comment period, before the definitive approval document is produced. The commercial launch of the HB4 trait in Brazil is contingent upon approvals by the main....

14/10/2020

Argentina's Ministry of Agriculture has granted approval of Bioceres Crop Solutions' HB4 wheat event for growth and consumption. The HB4 trait increases wheat yields by up to 20% and is currently the only drought tolerance technology for wheat and soybean crops in the world. Argentina is Latin Amer...

25/09/2020

Scientists from the Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI) have conducted a new research that highlights the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food security in Kenya and Uganda. Two-thirds of those surveyed have experienced economic hardship due to the pandemic. From a random sa...

25/09/2020

Late blight, the most important and most destructive pathogen of potato, was caused by the microorganism Phytophthora infestans. Late blight is the disease that caused the Irish Famine of the 1840s and still one of the most serious threats to potato production that causes significant economic losse...

25/09/2020

Upon learning that one of the ways they could effectively deal with the challenge of the fall armyworm was using Bt maize, farmers in eastern and Northern Uganda asked the government to allow them to grow this maize.

16/09/2020

For six months now, Kenyans have had their lives turned upside down as they battled the coronavirus pandemic, a devastating unseen enemy that impacted lives.

07/09/2020

With the increasing cases of COVID-19, experts are getting more insights about the effect of the virus on pregnant women.

07/09/2020

This would be a great substitute!

Edible plant-based vaccines were developed to become part of the solution to address the possible hazards associated with the parenteral vaccines. Experts from India say that edible vaccines may eventually eradicate the global outbreak of infectious diseases.

07/09/2020

Animal biotechnology has been primed to contribute significantly towards addressing the challenge of food security, especially in the developing world. During a webinar organized by ISAAA AfriCenter, experts agreed that animal biotechnology is an inevitable part of the toolkit to address climate-rel...

07/09/2020

It's getting easier!

Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a new saliva test to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus faster and easier. The results from this diagnostic test are available in a few hours, and therefore easily communicated to people who were tested within the day.....

07/09/2020

The research team led by professor Geung-Ju Lee of Chungnam National University and Toolgen announced that the new variety of petunia co-developed with CRISPR genome editing technology has been determined as non-GMO by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

26/08/2020

The Florida Keys Mosquito Control District (FKMCD) gave its final approval for the conduct of Oxitec's GM mosquito demonstration project in Florida Keys. This will be the first test for the GM mosquito in the United States.

26/08/2020

Bt Cotton would improve Uganda's textile industry immensely!

Scientists from Alagappa University in India conducted a study to analyze the performance of insect resistant Bt cotton in rainfed areas. The results are published in Agricultural Economics Research Review 2020.

26/08/2020

Biotechnology offers a wide range of solutions!

A new study conducted by researchers at MassBiologics of UMass Medical School reveals that COVID specific IgA monoclonal antibodies may provide effective immunity in the respiratory system against the novel coronavirus. Sixteen years ago, MassBiologics developed an IgG monoclonal antibody that was e...

26/08/2020

Filipino technical experts from various government regulatory agencies have come together for the first-ever Virtual Training-Workshop on Biotech Animals for Philippine Regulators, hosted via Zoom by ISAAA SEAsiaCenter in collaboration with the DOST-National Committee on Biosafety of the Philippines...