The new Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Bello Bawa Bwari, has pledged…
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The Indian Council of Agricultural Research–National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (ICAR-NBPGR) organized the fourth training on Biosecurity and Biosafety:…
The African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) has intensified its efforts to strengthen biosafety governance and biotechnology capacity across the continent,…
I have received many requests for information on GMO seeds and their safety, and I have watched several video clips…
Nigeria currently cultivates four genetically modified (GMO) crops, beans (cowpea), maize, cotton, and rice, for commercial production. These approvals are the result…
A scientist at the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), Prof. Olalekan Akinbo has emphasized the need for effective policies to address critical issues such as biosafety, intellectual property rights, and public acceptance.
“This retreat serves as a crucial opportunity for regulators to exchange experiences and insights, ultimately enhancing biosafety management and regulation to support biotechnology research, development and commercialization in Africa,” he said.
A Zambian non-governmental organisation (NGO), Dziwa Science and Technology Trust (DSaT), has observed that the debates on the national biosafety…
The National Biosafety Management Agency, NBMA, on Thursday, presented guidelines for genetically modified stacked events to experts for relevant inputs…
The Director-General, National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr Rufus Ebegba, says there are no genetically modified fish and animals yet…