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IITA Launches Biotech Communications to Boost Africa’s Training Activities
IITA Launches Biotech Communications to Boost Africa’s Training Activities
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) says it has launched a Biotech Communications Capacity Building programme to implement Africa’s training activities in partnership with the Cornell Alliance for Science (AfS).
Launched last September, the four-year project plans to address misinformation around crop biotechnology, specifically genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and genome-edited products.
AfS seeks to promote access to scientific innovation as a means of enhancing food security, improving environmental sustainability, and raising the quality of life globally.
It is building a global network of science allies who share its commitment to solve complex global hunger issues by leveraging advances in agriculture, including biotechnology.
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Food security. It’s a term we hear a lot these days. But defining food security can be difficult. There are literally hundreds of definitions and an even greater number of food security indicators. As defined by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service, food security is “access by all people at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life.” More precise definitions include references to food preferences, dietary needs, safety, etc.Â
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Published: December 22, 2020 3:18 PM EST
Federal health officials say clinical trials show that both coronavirus vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna are safe and more than 90% effective at preventing coronavirus infections.
That hasnât stopped groups from portraying the vaccines as dangerous, the product of corruption, or part of a government plot to track citizens. We have fact-checked unproven or innaccurate claims that say the coronavirus vaccines can cause death and infertility; that all Americans will be forced to get vaccinated; that the vaccines are part of a larger plan to implant people with microchips.
Such claims seek to undermine Americansâ confidence in coronavirus vaccines â with consequences for the future course of the pandemic, medical experts say.