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  South Africa approves biotech sorghum South Africa has made another step forward in the field of crop biotechnology. After a rancorous debate over whether genetically engineered sorghum should be grown in greenhouses, the South African government has given its nod to the project. The decision... Posted Oct 12 2008, 11:58 AM by GMO AFRICA Feeds Filed under: south africa, crop biotechnology, activists, nod, sorghum, south african government, rancorous debate, greenhouses

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  Journalist counsels Africa on GMOs Journalist Kerry Howley of the Reason magazine has written a very riveting and informative article on how fear is being used to deny Africa cutting-edge technologies. Howley writes how activists descend on Africa every time new technologies emerge. They... Posted Apr 04 2008, 08:46 AM by GMO Africa Feeds Filed under: africa, reason magazine, fear, activists, informative article, africans, journalist, cutting edge technologies, kerry howley

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  Stop this violence against science I, and I’m sure most of you, detest the use of force to protest the use of new technologies. We’re all familiar with protestors storming coal plants; or staging protests against the building of nuclear plants, like it happened in Austria in 2001; or blocking... Posted Mar 13 2008, 04:23 PM by GMO Africa Feeds Filed under: activists, nuclear plants, coal plants, protests, protestors, airport runways, use of force, greenhouse gas, jets