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Genetically modified beans safe for consumption, biosafety agency assures Nigerians

The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) on Thursday, April 28, 2022, assured Nigerians that the recently-approved, genetically-modified beans is safe for both human consumption...

Earth Day: Environmentalists warn local farmers against harmful agro-chemical use

Some environmentalists have warned local farmers against use of harmful agrochemicals in crop cultivation to prevent degradation of soil components. The environmentalists gave the warning...

Govt inaugurates national steering committees to boost food security

The Federal Government on Thursday, April 21, 2022, in Abuja inaugurated five National Steering Committees for donor-funded projects implemented by the Federal Ministry of...

Groups commend Nigerian Senate’s pledge to enforce strict GMOs regulation

Reacting to a news item by Food Farm News published on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, that the “Senate insists on GMOs thorough regulation”, groups including GMO-Free...

TAAT moves to build Niger Basin resilience, trains trainers

With sights set on improving the resilience of about 130 million people and their agroecosystems in the Niger Basin across West and Central Africa, Technologies...

Consumers say there’s no difference in taste between GM beans and local variety

Consumers of genetically modified (GM) beans, the pod borer insect resistant variety, on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Abuja testified that it tasted same...

Visiting Ghanaian team lauds Nigerian biosafety system’s success story

A Ghanaian team of biotechnology and biosafety regulators recently paid a study tour visit to the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) towards understudying the...

African armyworm attacks farms in Uganda

Uganda’s Agriculture Ministry has warned that several parts of the country has been invaded by the African armyworm (larva of Spodoptera exempta), a pest...

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Ghana’s biosafety authority: Granting GMO import permits to be based on regulations, international best practices

Clearly, it will not be out of place to declare April 2024 as “the month of Genetic Engineering GE)”...
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Stakeholders advocate increased budget to fight impacts of climate change

Stakeholders in the environment sector have called for increased budget allocation to fight the impacts of climate change in...

Domestic ivory markets must not be reopened – EPI Foundation

The EPI Foundation, the secretariat to the 24 African member states of the Elephant Protection Initiative (EPI), has expressed...

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