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47 Countries promoting favorable regulations for farmers in areas measured

Four countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are among the top ten reformers worldwide promoting favorable regulations for farmers in the areas measured, a … More

agriculture law, food law, Food Security, Seeds

Legislators in Eastern Africa join the FAO Family to celebrate the World Food Day

Lawmakers from the Eastern Africa subregion joined the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) family and the … More

Africa, agriculture law, Food Security, Foodlaw, Legislation, uganda

Outdated laws and regulations inhibiting business growth – AGRA

The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has said in a report that the existence of outdated laws … More

Africa, Agribusiness, food law, Food Security

Strategic plan to reduce malnutrition in Africa adopted by WHO Member States

 A strategic plan to reduce the double burden of malnutrition in the African Region was adopted at the 69th Regional … More

Africa, Food Security, Nutrition

Strengthen policies to ensure food safety

Kebs, a national standards body that is mandated to provide standardisation, metrology and conformity assessment, has failed Kenyans to the … More

Africa, East Africa, food law, Food Safety, Food Security, Kenya

African Union mulls harmonized biosafety system framework

The African Union (AU) is looking at the possibility of harmonizing biosafety regulations to ensure more effective handling of biotechnology applications in … More

Biotechnology regulation, Food Safety, Food Security, GMOlaw, GMOs, Governance

Why food safety in Africa’s informal markets must be driven by consumers

Across the continent, tainted food kills about 140 000 people every year, and leaves 91 million more suffering from diarrhoea, tapeworm, hepatitis and even … More

Africa, Food Safety, Food Security, World Food Safety

Why African Countries Maintain Tight Restrictions on Genetically Modified Food

African countries have long maintained some of the strictest regulations on genetically modified agriculture, with only four out of 47 … More

Africa, Biotechnology regulation, Food Safety, Food Security, GMOlaw, GMOs

Museveni’s GMO law dilemma

Six months since Parliament passed a revised Genetic Engineering Bill, 2018, that included demands by President Yoweri Museveni, he has … More

Biotechnology regulation, food law, Food Security, GMOlaw, uganda

Eastern Africa parliamentarians commit to safeguard Right to Food

Recognizing the slow progress in improving the food security and nutrition situation in Eastern Africa, parliamentarians from nine Eastern African … More

Food Security, Foodlaw, Legislation, Right to food

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