By Lominda Afedraru; Alliance for Science; October 23, 2018 Ugandan scientists are accelerating their outreach to lawmakers to make them aware of improved crops like disease-resistant cassava, which farmers cannot grow until the nation adopts a biosafety law. Cassava, a staple food crop for residents of Eastern and Northern Uganda, has been plagued by cassava…
Danforth Center – Wednesday, 14 December 2016 International Collaboration Receives Grant To Advance Improvements In Cassava Harvests And Nutrition For Smallholder Families In Sub-Saharan Africa ST. LOUIS, MO, December 14, 2016–The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center announces that the Virus Resistant Cassava for Africa Plus (VIRCA Plus) consortium of American, Nigerian, Ugandan, and Kenyan institutions recently received…
Christopher Bendana – July 25, 2018 Dr. Priver Namanya adjusted her view in the microscope, trying to get a better image of the banana cells. Then a smile lit her face. After spending the day trying to ascertain that she had incorporated a vitamin A gene into the banana cells, she had achieved success.…
Oluseyi Taiwo-Oguntuase – August 10, 2018 WAVE Sensitizes Farmers On Controlling Emerging Cassava Virus West African Virus Epidemiology (WAVE) for root and tuber crops, Covenant University Hub, a programme funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), USA and the Department for International Development of the United Kingdom (DFID) UK has advised cassava farmers to…
