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April 19, 2024
Ghana’s biosafety authority: Granting GMO import permits to be based on regulations, international best practices (EnviroNews Nigeria)
April 12, 2024
National Biosafety Authority says it has not granted approval for the seeds of 14 genetically modified products to be cultivated in Ghana (Ghana News Agency)
April 8, 2024
Approval of more biotech crops shows Ghana is on right path to food security (MyJoyOnline)
March 20, 2024
UPOV updates explanatory note on essentially derived varieties (EDVs) (Morrison Foerster)
March 4, 2024
Costs of inappropriately regulating all seed innovations as GMOs are too high for South Africa (Daily Maverick)
February 7, 2024
Seed Co wins US$1m claim against Credcorp Investments
February 6, 2024
UPOV releases explanatory notes further defining protection for essentially derived varieties (Cooley)
January 24, 2024
Landmark memorandum of understanding aigned between the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) and the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) to enhance plant variety rights
January 12, 2024
Nigeria approves commercial release of GM maize varieties
January 5, 2024
Kenya develops new regulations to enhance quality, access to variety of select seeds (Farmers Review Africa)
December 19, 2023
Groundwork BioAg expands global commercialization of mycorrhizal inoculants - Rootella registration approved in China, Argentina, and South Africa
December 18, 2023
Scientists call for framework to scale up genome editing adoption in Africa (Ghana News Agency)
December 13, 2023
Certified e-learning course on Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-sharing of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
December 12, 2023
Mozambique - Agricultural biotechnology, annual report
Ghana - - Agricultural biotechnology, annual report
Angola - Agricultural biotechnology, annual report
November 22, 2023
Tunisie - Vers la libéralisation de l’importation de semences et de fourrages en 2024 (Tunisie Numérique)
November 21, 2023
Senegal - Agricultural biotechnology, annual report
November 9, 2023
Zimbabwe urged to develop robust gene editing regulations (The Herald)
November 6, 2023
Breeders welcome the adoption of the new Explanatory Notes on Essentially Derived Varieties by the UPOV Council
UPOV Council holds its Annual Session
October 30, 2023
Rwandan government launches national roadmap to get rid of fake seeds by 2030 (Farmers Review Africa)
October 23, 2023
Kenya's Environment Court dismisses case challenging importation and cultivation of GM crops
October 13, 2023
Science wins as Kenyan court dismisses landmark case against GMOs
September 27, 2023
Nigeria - National Assembly commits to biotechnology innovations (Voice of Nigeria)
August 30, 2023
Ghana - Scientists, regulators meets to dialogue on state of GMOs (Modern Ghana)
August 22, 2023
Eleven countries in Africa have approved GM crops but only seven have regulatory legislation
August 15, 2023
Kenya green-lights 58 GMO projects as scientists worldwide continue with research in biotechnology despite lawsuits, misinformation
August 4, 2023
Laws and regulations enabling and restricting Africa’s vegetable seed sector
July 29, 2023
Tanzania - Seed Regulations, 2023
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