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National Biosafety Authority ready to release three GMO crops

Embu farmers now jump on cruising Bt cotton bandwagon

The Bt cotton plants produce toxins that cause damaging bollworms on cotton to be lethargic and to die in droves, causing limited harm to the crop.

Countries from Global South urged to harmonize regulatory frameworks on biotechnology

Global South countries have been told to harmonize their regulatory approaches for biotechnology and new breeding techniques.Kenya’s National Biosafety Authority (NBA) chief executive, Dr Roy Mugiira, said many countries in the Global North have adopted a common approach to regulating these new technologies. The Global South should learn from them and follow suit.“The United Kingdom, for example, enacted legislation based on the approaches that we have taken,” said Mugiira.

Roy Mugiira: Biosafety agency boss on its fight against GMO myths

The biotech research community in Kenya heaved with relief when the government lifted a decade-old ban.

Kenya, TZ court cases block tonnes of GMO maize seeds

Four court cases have blocked the release of 11 tonnes of genetically modified maize seeds.