Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology, Nigeria

27/06/2025

Transgene- and tissue culture-free heritable genome editing using RNA virus-based delivery in wheat AATF FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) United Nations

Efficient delivery systems are urgently needed for genome editing in monocot plants. Here, this study develops a system of virus-induced genome editing in tillers (ViGET) to achieve heritable editing in wheat bypassing transgene and tissue culture.

24/06/2025

Call For Applications – 2025 OFAB Nigeria Media Awards (OMAs)

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS – 2025 OFAB Nigeria Media Awards (OMAs) Are you a journalist passionate about science and agriculture? Do you produce compelling stories that shape public understanding of agricultural biotechnology? Then the OFAB Nigeria Media Awards (OMAs) 2025 is for you! 🏆 About the Aw...

20/06/2025

Biotech society warns against ignoring modern biotechnology

The Biotechnology Society of Nigeria (BSN) has advised that countries should embrace modern biotechnology. Prof Sylvia Uzochukwu, President of the BSN, and a professor of Food Science and Biotechnology, gave the advice in an interview on Friday, June 13, 2025, in Abuja. While expressing delight that...

20/06/2025

Determination of Transgenes in Crops by a Strategy Combining Cas9 Targeting with Amplification-Free Long-Read Nanopore Sequencing

Considering any transgene in crops generated through genetic engineering is a potential safety concern, reliable methods for detecting transgenes are needed. Although whole-genome sequencing (WGS) using next-generation sequencing technology is a promising method for comprehensively detecting transge...

19/06/2025

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Close your eyes and imagine grocery stores where produce costs triple, with a sparse selection and visible insect damage. This isn’t dystopian fiction—it’s a likely future if we turn away from the technologies that misinformation campaigns routinely demonize. While people readily fear ingredients in conventional foods after seeing alarming social media posts, they rarely visualize what abandoning modern agricultural practices would actually mean. The consequences would hit lower-income populations hardest, forcing even more difficult choices between malnutrition and unaffordable food.

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The growing tide of food misinformation is becoming a public health risk of its own. We need a new approach to food communication.

17/06/2025

ACAT 2025: African leaders, innovators unite to drive NextGen ag-tech for food security

Over 700 participants from 35 countries converged on Kigali, Rwanda capital for the 2025 edition of the African Conference on Agricultural Technologies (ACAT), organized by the African Agriculture …

14/06/2025

AATF renews call to engage African youth in agri-tech innovation, adoption AATF

At a plenary session themed “Stewardship: Cultivating a Sustainable Future with Ag-Tech Solutions,” speakers underscored the urgent need for transparent, sustainable, and inclusive agri-tech polici…

14/06/2025

African youth urged to harness technology for agricultural transformation

Young agri-innovators across Africa have been called upon to leverage technology and innovation to drive a sustainable agricultural revolution, as the third day of the African Conference on Agricul…

11/06/2025

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Food security: African leaders call for increased investment, technology in agriculture

“Africa must make progress and move forward. It’s time for governments, the private sector, civil society, and farmers to work hand-in-hand

11/06/2025

11/06/2025

Future of Africa’s agriculture hinges on emerging technologies — Jonathan

The Nigerian ex-President particularly highlighted the role of technology in revolutionizing African agriculture.

11/06/2025