The director-general of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr. Rufus Ebegba, has restated Federal Government’s commitment to ensuring adequate biosafety regulation in the...
The director-general of the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Prof Mustapha Abdullahi, has said the newly inaugurated governing board of the agency would bring change...
Maize is widely cultivated by smallholder farmers on over 30 million hectares in sub-Saharan Africa. Maize is also a multi-purpose crop that is used...
...allows for open cultivation
The Federal Government has granted environmental approval for evaluation and open cultivation of the TELA Maize, a new maize variety developed...
Preparations are in top gear for the deregulation of the TELA maize, genetically modified to be resistant to the deadly fall armyworm, stem borer and survive moderate...