... and dissecting the past, present, and future of plant breeding ( Montenegro de Wit, 2017 ; Aga, 2021 ; Curry, 2022 ). This special feature resists the temptation to obscure either the past or the present by scrutinizing the potential agricultural impacts of genome editing in sub-Saharan Africa. Within...

... donors, philanthropists, governments, and multinational companies. Using the case of South Africa, where GM crops have been grown for several decades, we provide insights on implications for Malawi, which passed a Seed Act in 2022, implicitly supporting GM crops. Both countries have histories of colonial...

... attitudes toward genome editing, and by donors that provide funds for genome-editing research for agricultural applications in sub-Saharan Africa? In this article, we present data from interviews with these stakeholders to shed light on their aspirations, concerns, and expectations. Previous scholarship...

.../ . Green revolution Biotechnology Cowpea Africa Burkina Faso The legacies of the green revolution (GR) cast a long shadow over contemporary agricultural development. One such legacy is the power of crop breeding to drive social advancement. The GR, at its most elemental, was an attempt from...

... villages and one non-ASGM reference village in Senegal, West Africa. Nearly all samples had THg and MeHg concentrations that exceeded the reference village concentrations and USEPA regulatory standards. The highest median THg concentrations were found in huts where mercury-gold amalgams were burned (7.5 μg...