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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

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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

Agric & Biotech

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

Agric & Biotech

Proper biosafety management will boost economic growth, says NBMA boss

The Director General/CEO, National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr Rufus Ebegba, has said that that the agency is well equipped to ensure the proper regulation of...

Michael Simire - December 5, 2019

Agric & Biotech

Drawbacks of emerging extreme GMO variants – Bassey

Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Nnimmo Bassey, in a presentation at a Media Training on Promoting Nigeria’s Biosafety in Lagos on Tuesday, November 26,...

Michael Simire - November 27, 2019

Agric & Biotech

Scientists launch research on biological control of papaya mealybug in Kenya

Scientists at the Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI) on Wednesday, November 20, 2019 launched a research on biological control of papaya mealybug in Kenya. The...

Michael Simire - November 25, 2019

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