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Govt-approved GMOs are safe, says biosafety agency

The Director-General, National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr Rufus Ebegba, has urged Nigerians to trust the Federal Government’s adoption of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) that have...

Michael Simire - December 20, 2019

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Nigerians to be force-fed with GM beans – Nnimmo Bassey

The commercialisation of genetically modified (GM) beans has been celebrated by the purveyors and promoters of the artificial variety. The Pod Borer-Resistant Cowpea (PBR-Cowpea) also known...

Michael Simire - December 18, 2019

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Sri Lanka to experiment genetically altered breed of mosquito to combat dengue

Sri Lankan president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has said the country will experiment with an imported genetically altered breed of mosquito designed to make female dengue...

Michael Simire - December 17, 2019

Agric & Biotech

Nigeria’s first transgenic food crop goes commercial

The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved registration and release of a new Pod Borer Resistant (PBR) Cowpea variety for commercialisation. The approval was granted by...

Michael Simire - December 15, 2019

Agric & Biotech

Worry as South Africa approves GM maize varieties for release

The African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) is extremely alarmed to learn that three genetically modified maize varieties developed by Corteva (new name of the Dow-DuPont merged...

Michael Simire - December 11, 2019

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Biosafety agency asked to revoke permits granted controversial genetically modified maize

The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has called on the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) to revoke the permits granted for the water efficient maize...

Michael Simire - December 10, 2019

Agric & Biotech

RSPO certification not solution to climate crisis, say campaigners

Friends of the Earth Africa (FoEA) participants attending a two-day strategy meeting on Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and industrial Plantation expansion in Lome, Togo...

Michael Simire - December 9, 2019

Agric & Biotech

EU bans harmful pesticide chlorpyrifos

European Union (EU) member states decided on Friday, December 6, 2019 to ban chlorpyrifos, a pesticide deemed harmful to human health. The ban is due to take...

Michael Simire - December 6, 2019

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