From tweaking seeds to using smart tech in the fields, biotechnology and agriculture are teaming up for a more sustainable ...

Farming has become a challenge to smallholder farmers in many parts of the country. This is due to unpredictable weather and inaccessible climate-smart farm input. In recent months, climate ...

Brandon McFadden, Tyson Endowed Chair in Food Policy Economics for the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, was the lead author of a study on consumer perceptions of gene editing in agricultural ...

Since its introduction in 2012, CRISPR-based genetic engineering technology has transformed biotechnology and opened new possibilities in biomedicine. Currently, CRISPR is driving development in yet ...

President Joe Biden is looking in another direction to steer agriculture’s boat. The key word here is biotechnology. And President Biden is all for it. In fact, he goes so far as to say it should be ...

A descendant of generations whose common means of livelihood is subsistence farming, Ajibola Adio, 69, knows no other means of taking better care of his large family. Daily, he and his large family, ...

Popularly known as agritech, biotechnology is the practice of using scientific techniques and tools such as genetic engineering to change and improve plant and animal productivity. It entails ...

Agricultural biotechnology is revolutionising modern farming through the integration of molecular biology, genetic engineering and advanced diagnostic technologies. By developing genetically modified ...

Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation officials inspect Genetically Modified cassava at their Mtwapa station in September last year. Such crops are better suited to fight common ...

Non‐genetically modified biotechnology encompasses a broad spectrum of innovative applications that harness natural biological processes without altering the inherent genome of the organism. This ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Environmental Protection Agency Thursday launched a unified website for biotechnology regulation. The agencies timed the ...