This week you’ll find below articles on Africa’s Green Revolution, European and transatlantic divisions over GM crops, a call for GMO wheat from an opinion piece in the New York Times.

You’ll also find a call for applications to a new fellowship called the 40 Chances Fellowship Programme.  It is currently calling for applications in several African countries for people who are building social enterprises that address hunger, conflict and poverty.

Regarding GM crops in Africa, Ghana has announcedthis week that discussions of the Plant Breeders Bill will be suspended.  Please see below for more articles from B4FA Media Fellows and other news sources.

Please see our latest ‘Viewpoint’ now online about new plant breeding techniques, by Joachim Schiemann.

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]

Biosciences and Plant Genetics

Ghana

Speaker suspends GMO deliberations
MyJoyOnline

VIDEO: Capacity Building for Banks and Smallholders farmers to improve Agric Financing

Simple Maize Sheller Developed for Northern Farmers
By B4FA Media Fellow Npong Balikawu Francis

Nigeria

Fertiliser nutrient imbalance to limit food production in Africa – Report
Premium Times, by B4FA Media Fellow Abdallah el-Kurebe

IITA, Gates Foundation, Others Tackle Weed Problem in Cassava Farming
This Day Live

Private sector invests N1.7 trillion in Nigeria’s agricultural sector- Jonathan
Premium Times

Tanzania

Tanzania: Support to Small Scale Farmers Would Boost Food Security
Tanzania Daily News / AllAfrica.com

With Modern Farming Methods Rural Farmers Get Improved Harvests
Tanzania Daily News / AllAfrica.com

Uganda

VIDEO: Maize necrosis in Uganda
NBS Television, by B4FA Media Fellow Tyaba Abubakar

AUDIO: Interview on GM crops with renowned journalist and farmer Andrew Ndaula Kalema
Radio Sapientia, by B4FA Fellow Paschal Bagonza