Last week information was spread that Burkina Faso farmers have decided this year to stop planting Bt cotton. But, reacting to this news, Burkina Faso cotton companies indicate they were very surprised with this information BURKINA FASO ABANDONS Bt COTTON: «We are surprised by the information» Monday, 14 May 2012. Following the news, on Radio [...]
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Study tour programme for African Regulators May 13 – 20, 2012 RSA
As part of the regulatory capacity building efforts, ABNE organizes annual study tours to promote the sharing of knowledge and experience between regulators from countries with new and emerging biosafety systems on one hand and regulators and industry practitioners in countries that are conducting confined field trials and/or have commercialized biotech crops. Please click here [...]
Biosafety Initiatives’ Coordination meeting, Uganda, 2012
Partners and Stakeholders’ Meeting on Biosafety Capacity Development in Africa March 19-20, 2012, Entebbe, Uganda This meeting was organized by the NEPAD Agency African Biosafety Network of Expertise (ABNE) in collaboration with the IFPRI Program for Biosafety Systems (PBS) and other Biotechnology and Biosafety Stakeholders Since 2009, a number of technical assistance programs with a [...]
ABNE technical meeting on the Togo Biosafety Law
(Dr Moussa Savadogo) This meeting was a follow up on the recommendations from the information sharing workshop organized by ABNE in Lomé in June 2011. In addition, the Government of Togo signed the Nagoya Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress in September 2011. Based on these, the Minister for Environment and Forestry Resources [...]
COMESA/ACTESA Regional workshop to validate the incorporation of the feedbacks from member states and stakeholders, Lusaka, Zambia. 8-9 May 2012
COMESA/ACTESA Regional workshop to validate the incorporation of the feedbacks from member states and stakeholders, Lusaka, Zambia. 8-9 May 2012
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Bosafety Program for African Regulators May 6-20, 2012
ABNE is offering a two-week biosafety internship programme to African regulators from countries that are developing and setting up implementing systems and guidelines for the biosafety system to visit institutions in the Republic of South Africa. This will promote exchange of knowledge and experiences in the implementation of biosafety regulations. Please click here Call for [...]
STEPS TO INNOVATION – Conference on Africa-Europe Partnerships for Global Challenges. Second CAAST-Net stakeholders’ conference on Africa-Europe S&T cooperation. Tuesday, 24 – Wednesday, 25 of April 2012, Dakar, Senegal.
STEPS TO INNOVATION – Conference on Africa-Europe Partnerships for Global Challenges. Second CAAST-Net stakeholders’ conference on Africa-Europe S&T cooperation. Tuesday, 24 – Wednesday, 25 of April 2012, Dakar, Senegal.
BSA Summer Academy 2012 : The call for applications has closed
The Biotechnology & Society in Africa (BSA) working group of the University of Groningen (The Netherlands) in collaboration with the NEPAD Agency African Biosafety Network of Expertise (ABNE) is organizing a 10-day Summer Academy for African regulators in agricultural biotechnology and biosafety. Please, click here BSA Summer Academy 2012, and here for the Concept Note.
Biosafety Coordination Meeting. Kampala, Uganda March 19-20, 2012
Biosafety Coordination Meeting. Kampala, Uganda March 19-20, 2012
ICGEB/NABDA Theoretical & Practical Course on “Basic Techniques of DNA Isolation, Manipulation and Applications”
ICGEB/NABDA Theoretical & Practical Course on “Basic Techniques of DNA Isolation, Manipulation and Applications” Abuja, Nigeria. June 11-22, 2012
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