. As the work of Vaclav Smil has irrefutably demonstrated, no country in the world has developed without the dense energy available from fossil fuels.
COP27 At Sharm El Sheikh: Africa’s Chance to Break from Climate Colonialism — Watts Up With That?
agriculture
Viewpoint: Kenya needs hundreds of thousands more tons of corn to feed the country’s population. Lifting the GMO ban is a great first step — Genetic Literacy Project
Viewpoint: ‘Organic-only policies are the new face of European colonialism’ — Here’s how crop biotechnology innovation is opening doors to Africa’s self sufficiency — Genetic Literacy Project
Putin Accused of ‘Blackmailing’ Food Supply by Stealing Ukrainian Grain — Newsmax – Newsfront
Some world leaders are accusing Russian President Vladimir Putin with “blackmailing” the world food supply by stealing Ukrainian grain after satellite photos show Russian ships loading the food products onto cargo ships.
Putin Accused of ‘Blackmailing’ Food Supply by Stealing Ukrainian Grain — Newsmax – Newsfront
Viewpoint: With two decades of resounding GMO maize success, South Africa offers lessons on food security for the rest of the continent — Genetic Literacy Project
African countries in the south of the Sahara have a lot to learn from South Africa’s successes in Genetically Modified (GM) plant agriculture. The southern African country appears poised for significant triumphs in its quest for greater food security, thanks to its embrace of agricultural biotechnology. [newsletter] Its adoption of Bt white maize in 2001-2002 […]
Viewpoint: With two decades of resounding GMO maize success, South Africa offers lessons on food security for the rest of the continent — Genetic Literacy Project
Regulators in Kenya certify safety of GMO disease-resistant cassava — Genetic Literacy Project
Study: Bt eggplant wins market and farmer acceptance in Bangladesh — Genetic Literacy Project
Ethiopia races against time to control locusts as the planting season starts — Database of Press Releases related to Africa – APO-Source
The Government of [Ethiopia](http://www.fao.org/emergencies/countries/detail/en/c/151593/) is racing against time to control [Desert Locusts](http://www.fao.org/emergencies/crisis/desertlocust/en/) as the February – May Belg season starts. With support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Ministry of Agriculture is scaling up aerial and ground operations in… Read more on https://africa-newsroom.com/press/ethiopia-races-against-time-to-control-locusts-as-the-planting-season-starts?lang=en
