Tag:Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)

Agency says it allows ‘only safe’ GMO products in Nigeria

The Director General (DG) of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr Rufus Ebegba, has assured that only safe Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) are...

Use of GMOs in agriculture symbolises global threat to food sovereignty

The expansive use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in agriculture is one of the most potent symbols of the worldwide threat to food justice...

Stakeholders endorse use of GM technology to enhance cowpea production

Farmers, advocates, scientists, as well as other key actors in the agriculture sector have expressed their support for the adoption of Genetically Modified (GM)...

Elated Nigerian farmers harvest first batch of biotech-potatoes

Elder Isaiah Buwah is an aged potato farmer in the Bokos Local Government Area of Plateau State, North Central Nigeria. He has grown potatoes...

Biosafety guidelines will ensure continuous regulations on GMOs, says agency

The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has promised to effect continuous regulatory systems on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). The Director General (DG) of the agency,...

Senate urged to proceed with biosafety management amendment bill

A group comprising civil society organisations, researchers, farmers, nutritionists and consumer groups representing millions of Nigerians has called on the Nigerian Senate to proceed...

GMOs: Debunking falsehood through public sensitisation

Stakeholders in the biosafety and biotechnology industry have advocated for more civic education on the concept of genetic engineering (GM) to boost food production,...

Food insecurity: Stakeholders advocate adoption of agricultural biotechnology

Stakeholders in agriculture have called for adoption of biotechnology to address food crisis. They made this known at an event organised by the Alliance for...

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Activists deploy eco-comedy to tackle Nigeria’s environmental crisis

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NNPC launches Cawthorne crude onto global market, exports first cargo to Netherlands

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has commenced...

Activists deploy eco-comedy to tackle Nigeria’s environmental crisis

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