SARI SUBMITS 2 NEW APPLICATIONS

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…

NBA ORGANISES SEMINAR ON BIOSAFETY REGULATION – STACKED EVENTS AND GENOME EDITING IN GHANA

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…

Public Inputs Considered for the Environmental Release of the POD Borer Resistant Cowpea

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…