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…