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Discover how biotech potatoes are transforming farming in Africa and Asia, with breakthrough resistance to late blight disease and impressive yield improvements. Learn about the latest field trials of late blight-resistant biotech potatoes, offering a sustainable solution for smallholder farmers in Kenya and beyond. Explore the remarkable success of bio-engineered potatoes, which promise higher…

Hi there!, I am Curli, a scientist by day and part time webcomic creator/illustrator! I mostly use this blog to connect with my online/IRL friends and mutuals from the Fallen Sites (twitter), so if you want to see more of my art (that's not that one SpiderVerse post), follow me at the links down below!

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Aster and the Fire (AATF) (Mature rating)

Aster, a failed mage turned hovercar mechanic, ekes out a living in the city-state Addar with her brother Jember. Forced to hide their magical heritage due to the exploitation of magic by gangs and governments alike, the siblings’ cover is threatened when Aster gets an unusual hovercar repair at her workplace. Little does she know that it will plunge her into a world of magical crime, and force her to reckon with a buried power that could tear her apart from the inside out. Updates Fridays at 12 AM EST. Content warnings for occasional blood/gore, sexual content, and depictions of mental illness/trauma. Full list on the website!

Related links: SpiderForest (the comic collective AATF is a part of!)

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Language and Teaching Resources

Over the last two decades of teaching, there are several resources that have proven to be helpful in my language classroom. Some of the resources are specific to languages and others lend themselves to teachers across a broad spectrum. Below are some trusted language and teaching resources websites.

General Teaching Resources

What I like about Socrativeis that it allows students to answer…

AATF receives grant to make new drought-tolerant, insect-resistant maize hybrids available to farmers in Africa

The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) has been awarded a $24.6 million grant by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for the commercialisation of insect-resistant and drought-tolerant maize in Sub-Saharan Africa.

A statement issued by AATF said the fund complements the ongoing $5 million commitment by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to the project.

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Speaker Dogara says Nigeria needs new laws to modernise agriculture, diversify economy

The Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara has stressed the importance of enacting new legislation to aid the drive to modernise agriculture in the country as well as turn the sector into a major foreign exchange earner for the country in the nearest future.

He said this while delivering an address at a two-day public hearing organised by the House Committee on Agricultural…

Let’s recognize Roundup Ready, Bt crops as major contributions to sustainable farming

This is the first in a three-part series making the case that the development of biotech traits for insect resistance and herbicide tolerance are the most substantial innovations in sustainable agriculture in the last three decades. Here, I lay out the context in which I believe they should be assessed relative to other innovations competing for the crown. In part two, I lay out the data and…

By Suleiman Okoth

The Kenyan government is banking on the production of genetically modified cotton, expected to start in 2018, to generate more than Sh 50 billion in apparel export earnings and create more than 50,000 jobs as part of its economic revival plan.

As part of the country’s big four agenda, Kenya aims to increase the manufacturing sector’s share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to 15…

Nigeria’s fertiliser production hits 2.22m metric tonnes – NSIA

The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) has emphasised that its investment in promoting local farming was yielding results as production of made-in-Nigeria fertiliser had reached 2.22 million metric tonnes.

The Managing Director of the Authority, Mr Uche Orji in an interview on Monday in Abuja said among NSIA’s investment priority was to make fertiliser affordable to farmers, all year…