His Excellency, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has, in accordance with the advice of the Governing Board of the National Biosafety Authority (NBA), given in consultation with the Public Services Commission appointed Mr. Kwame Dei Asamoah-Okyere, as the Chief Executive Officer of the NBA. Mr. Asamoah-Okyere succeeds Mr. Eric Amaning Okoree, the NBA’s inaugural Chief Executive Officer,…
The Human Rights Court 1 has dismissed the suit filed by Food Sovereignty Ghana, Convention People’s Party, Vegetarian Association of Ghana and Goaso Kanyan Akuafo Kuo against the National Biosafety Authority (NBA) and four (4) others over the introduction of Genetically Modified Organisms products in the country. The judgement comes after nine (9) years of…
HUMAN RIGHTS COURT DISMISSES INTERLOCUTORY INJUNCTION APPLICATION AGAINST NBA BY THE FOOD SOVEREIGNTY GHANA FOR APPROVING REGISTRATION OF 14 NEW GM CROPS FOR FOOD, FEED AND PROCESSING The Human Rights Court 1 has dismissed the interlocutory injunction application filed by Food Sovereignty Ghana and others against the National Biosafety Authority (NBA) over the approval given…
President Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo Addo has appointed a former Provost of the College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana Medical School, Prof Yao Tettey, as the Chairperson of the National Biosafety Authority (NBA) Governing Board. The appointment follows the death of Prof Charles Antwi Boasiako, the two times Board Chairperson who passed away in…
The attention of the National Biosafety Authority has been drawn to some inaccurate media reportage about the NBA’s registration of 14 novel GM events in the country. While we appreciate the various concerns raised, the NBA wishes to state that the approved events are not for cultivation. They are for food, feed or processing. They…
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The Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on Monday, January 30, 2023, submitted two (2) different applications to the National Biosafety Authority (NBA) for approval. The two applications are Environmental Release for the insect-resistant cowpea event 245F and Confined Field Trial (CFT) for Bruchid Resistance Cowpea. The…
The National Biosafety Authority (NBA) on Friday 3rd February 2023 organized a one-day seminar for staff on biosafety regulation dubbed stacked events and genome editing in Ghana. The seminar drew participants from the NBA, Biotechnology, and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute- Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (BNARI-GAEC), African Union Development Agency (AUDA NEPAD), Council for Scientific and…
On February 18, 2022, the National Biosafety Authority (NBA) published a notice in the Government Gazette No. 24 of 2022 concerning an application for environmental release and placing on the market of Pod Borer Resistant Cowpea in Ghana submitted by the Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR-SARI). The NBA allowed a 60-day period for public comments…
NOTIFICATION OF AN APPLICATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE AND PLACING ON THE MARKET OF POD BORER RESISTANT COWPEA IN GHANA In consonance with Biosafety Act 2011 (Act 831) and Biosafety (Management of Biotechnology) Regulations, 2019, the National Biosafety Authority has received an Application for consideration for the introduction into the environment and placing on the…