The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has said in a report that the existence of outdated laws … More
Tag: 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
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
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
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
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
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
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: We‘ll make law on GES to boost farm inputs — Reps
Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture, have promised to make a law to back up the Growth … More
EALA calls for the formation of a food security and nutrition body
East African Legislative Assembly member Mathias Kasamba is working on a motion to compel EAC partner states to create a … More
