| Welcome to OFAB |
The Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology in Africa (OFAB) is a platform that brings together stakeholders in biotechnology and enables interactions between scientists, journalists, the civil society, industrialists, lawmakers and policy makers. It is a monthly lunch meeting that provides an opportunity for key stakeholders to know one another, share knowledge and experiences, make new contacts and explore new avenues of bringing the benefits of biotechnology to the African agricultural sector.
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| Barriers and paths to market for genetically engineered crops |
| Posted: January 25, 2010 |
| Each year, billions of dollars are invested in efforts to improve crops through genetic engineering (GE). These activities have resulted in a surge of publications and patents on technologies and genes: a momentum in basic research that, unfortunately, is not sustained throughout the subsequent phases of product development. After more than two decades of intensive research, the market for transgenic crops is still dominated by applications of just a handful of methods and genes. ... Read full article ... |
| Hunger: Africa can get out of the trap |
| Posted: August 20, 2009 |
| Africa needs economic and agricultural revolutions greater than the one observed in Asia. With a population of 770 million people estimated to rise to 1.75 billion by 2050, poor performing agriculture aggravated by invasive pests, weeds, land degradation, erosion, droughts and the effects of climate change, Africa faces one of the biggest challenges of its time - assuring its increasing population of a sustainable food supply. ... Read full article ... |
| Government urged to raise awareness of GMOs |
| Posted: August 5, 2009 |
| The Tanzanian Government has been advised to increase the level of awareness of genetically modified (GM) crops among small-scale farmers. ... Read full article ... |
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