http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=James+Wachai World Affairs James Wachai Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=106399&ca=World+Affairs Last week, twenty United Agencies (UN) agencies met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to explore how they can help the New Partnership for African Development (Nepad) achieve its objectives. Nepad’s main mission is to end chronic poverty in Africa, by, mainly, integrating innovative agricultural technologi... World Affairs James Wachai Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=97291&ca=World+Affairs Two Indian scientists, in an article in the Journal of Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture, report that there is increasing interest in the scientific community to develop coffee with better pest and disease resistance. Vinod Kumar and colleagues predict that “breakthroughs in in vitro manipulation... Society James Wachai Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=27638&ca=Society One of the reasons why Africa and other poor regions of the world trail in crop biotechnology is lack of collaboration and coordination among scientists. There are millions of well-trained crop biotechnologists in poor countries. But due to resource constraints and other challenges, hardly do they w... Opinions James Wachai Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=27642&ca=Opinions Does politics has a place in genetically modified (GM) food debate? "No", is the obvious answer. Politics and science are such sworn adversaries that they cannot eat from the same plate. Politics mainly thrive on propaganda, vilification, name-calling and personal gratification at the expense of the... Opinions James Wachai Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=27643&ca=Opinions There is growing consensus that modern biotechnology holds the key to sustainable development. This is, especially, in the light of the fact that the world's population is fast growing without corresponding land expansion. Modern biotechnology is considered cost effective and therefore very applicab... Food and Drinks James Wachai Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=27645&ca=Food+and+Drinks The position of the Zambian government on genetically modified food has always statled me.They say this and do that with regard to GMOs. For starters, Zambia suffers perennial chronic food shortage mainly due to drought. This Southern African country still relies on outdated farming practices. It ha...