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As part of the culmination of B4FA’s three-year programme, B4FA welcomed eighteen African journalists from our four focus countries – Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda – to London and Cambridge last week. In addition, the leaders of thirteen projects funded by the John Templeton Foundation joined the journalists to discuss their projects that seek to answer the question “Can GM Crops Help to Feed the World?”
Read the full story of this excellent week and our event at the House of Lords. Watch the opening addresses of Lord Ewen Cameron and Lord Paul Boateng on B4FA.org.
Don’t miss the latest addition to B4FA’s Viewpoints essays: “Will trade barriers prevent the adoption of GM crops in Africa?” by John Komen and David Wafula.
Congratulations to several B4FA Media Fellows who were recently awarded Uganda National Journalism Awards! Winners included: Paschal Bagonza - Environment, Isaac Khisa - Business, Ronald Musoke - National news + Agriculture, and Runner-up for Explanatory Reporting, and Runner-up Cliff Abenaitwe for Local Reporting. Two B4FA Media Fellows were also shortlisted for the awards: Tyaba Abubaker for Agriculture and Florence Naluyimba for Features. These were the inaugural awards.
If you have any questions/comments about our ‘Week in Review’ or would like to share articles, please contact Molly Hurley-Depret at [email protected].
Reviving Nepal with hybrid tomatoes
Unlocking DNA technology in Nigeria
SciDev.net
Targeting weeds at the genetic level
Genetic Literacy Project
Grading the Science: USDA’s Economic Research Report & Coverage by Reuters
Academics Review
ISAAA Report on GM Crops Launched in Burkina Faso, South Africa, and Kenya
Uganda Launches 2013 Global Status Report
UN Announces First Countries Set to Benefit from African-Led Food Security Fund
FAO DG: Africa’s Youth Key to Strengthening Agricultural Economy
Crop Biotech Update
Africa’s youth key to strengthening agricultural economy
Teatro Naturale International
In Bangladesh with Bt brinjal farmers
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) and International Programs of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University (IP-CALS)
Ghana
GMOs identified as the future for agric
Graphic, by B4FA Media Fellow Charles Benoni Okine
Video: Genetic Modification Seed Alternative to Nitrogen Fertilizer
ViaSat, by B4FA Media Fellow Noah Nash
Genetically modified foods pose no risk
GhanaWeb
B4FA begins training for African media fellows in Cambridge
People’s Daily, by B4FA Media Fellow Mohammed Kandi
Nigeria has enough local rice to feed its population— Adesina
20% cassava flour in bread: Stakeholders seek legal backing
Vanguard, by B4FA Media Fellow Jimoh Babatunde
How to differentiate seeds from grains
Vanguard, by B4FA Media Fellow Salimat Garba
Climate change will reduce crop yield sooner than thought – Researchers
Daily Trust, by B4FA Media Fellow Ojoma Akor
Tanzania
Technology Best Option to Boost Agriculture Yield
Tanzania Daily News, by B4FA Media Fellow Finnigan wa Simbeye
Uganda
Fake seeds hurting Ugandan farmers
Video: Ugandan counterfeit seed
Sunrise, by B4FA Media Fellow Henry Lutaaya
Biotech is the best alternative for Africa
The wait on biotech will hold Africa back
UBC, by B4FA Media Fellow Sarah Mawerere
