Researchers from Kenya’s Egerton University and Makerere University in Uganda begin a pilot program to mass breed desert locusts as a sustainable, protein-rich food source for animals and humans. The locusts are grown in giant domed-shaped, temperature- and humidity-controlled greenhouses equipped with wire gauze cages to stop them escaping. The Locust4Industry project aims to enable industrial exploitation of the desert locust as a food source.

Thailand’s department of agriculture legalizes genome editing for plant breeding, becoming the 25th country to formally approve gene-edited crops to increase yields and reduce chemical pesticide use. The first plants to benefit from gene-editing technology will be maize, soybean and sugar cane.

肯尼亚埃格顿大学和乌干达麦克雷雷大学的研究人员开始了一项试点计划，大规模繁殖沙漠蝗虫，作为动物和人类可持续的、富含蛋白质的食物来源。蝗虫生长在巨大的圆顶形、温度和湿度可控的温室中，温室里装有金属丝网笼以防止它们逃跑。 Locust4Industry 项目旨在实现沙漠蝗虫作为食物来源的工业开发。

泰国农业部将基因组编辑用于植物育种合法化，成为第 25 个正式批准基因编辑作物以提高产量并减少化学农药使用的国家。第一批受益于基因编辑技术的植物将是玉米、大豆和甘蔗。