Senegal: Agricultural Biotechnology Annual
On July, 26, 2016, The President of Cote d’Ivoire announced the implementation of the national biosafety law adopted by the parliament on July 1, 2016. Senegal is revising its biosafety law, and expects to submit the final draft to the parliament for adoption by the end of December 2016. Burkina Faso did not plant GE cotton in MY2016/17 due to the unresolved problem related to a short fiber length. In April 2016, the ABNE main office in Burkina Faso was relocated to Dakar, Senegal.
