Tag: GMO

News in Brief: - Africa's GMO market is projected to grow by 5% annually, reaching $871 million by 2025. - Countries like Nigeria embrace GMO...

News in brief: - Nigerian civil groups move to stop the commercialisation of genetically modified potatoes, citing health and environmental risks. - The government seem focused...

News in brief: - NMBA assures Nigerians that only safe and certified biotechnology products will have approval for the market. - The agency emphasises its commitment...

News in Brief - Nigerian biotechnology agencies assure the Senate that tested and regulated GM crops pose no threat, but offer potential benefits like...

The EU is considering relaxing GMO restrictions, potentially approving genetically modified crops as conventional plants.

Ghana's National Biosafety Authority (NBA) already approved a GMO crop, the Pod borer resistant cowpea (or Bt cowpea) in 2022 for environmental release. The Bt cowpea is said to need about 6 to 8 times less pesticides during its three-month life cycle.

The initial ban was put in place in 2012 by the country's cabinet. However, the basis for the ban is a debunked study by Gilles-Eric Séralini which linked GM foods to cancer in rats. The research publisher also retracted the study a year later.