Nigeria: Agricultural Biotechnology Annual

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In April 2015, the GON passed the lingered biosafety bill into law and created the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA). The establishment of NBMA provides a regulatory framework, an institutional and administrative mechanism in the application of modern biotechnology in Nigeria. Confined Field Trials (CFTs) were conducted for transgenic cow pea, sorghum and cassava varieties with legal backing for multi-locational on-site trials and eventual release to farmers. As a result, promoting stakeholders do not foresee major challenges with adopting products of agricultural biotechnology in Nigeria.

Nigeria: Agricultural Biotechnology Annual

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