Tag: National Biosafety Management Agency

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Nigeria commercialises first transgenic food crop

by Daramola Oluwafunmilayo

December 15, 2019

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

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Biotechnology can be used to control weed, boost crop productivity ― Don

by Daramola Oluwafunmilayo

December 4, 2019

The former Director-General of National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Professor Bamidele Solomon, has said that genetic modification crops could help ...

Genetically modified crops adoption: Stakeholders seek consumers’ education

by Daramola Oluwafunmilayo

December 2, 2019

As Nigeria prepare to commercialise some of the Genetically Modified Crops (GMO) approved for environmental release by National Biosafety Management ...