COP/MOP 6 meeting at Hyderabad, India from October 1 – 5, 2012 with special focus on socio-economic considerations in Biosafety.
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ANSAF report, january 2012
Status of biotechnology in Tanzania by ANSAF ( Agricultural Non-State Actors Forum). Click here : GMOs and Bt Cotton in Tanzania, January 2012
ABNE publication 2012
The ABNE new publication has just come out. Please, see here : ABNE in Africa, January 2012
ABNE Response to the Des Moines Register article dated October 13, 2011 with headline “Biotech seeds are no fix for African hunger, philanthropist Buffett tells Food Prize audience”
The ABNE letter to the Des Moines Register ran in the paper today (10/19/2011). The letter was edited-mostly to help manage space. The edited piece reflects the intended message of Diran’s full letter. Here is the link to what is ran in the paper: http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/desmoinesregister/access/2488722581.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+19%2C+2011&author=&pub=Des+Moines+Register&edition=&startpage=n%2Fa&desc=Biotech+article+leaves+wrong+view+of+African+challenge October 13, 2011 The Des Moines Register Box 957 Des [...]
Press Release: BMGF awarded AU-NEPAD Agency ABNE Phase II a Supplemental Grant of $1.489M
Following the submission of a proposal to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) for a Supplemental Grant for additional funding to expand support to African regulators through additional staff and better alignment with the African Union remuneration policies; the Foundation has approved the sum of $1,489,098.00 to ABNE, which increases the total award in [...]
ABIC 2011: Travel Bursary announcement
ABIC: Supporting Networking and Learning in Agricultural Biotechnology The ABIC Foundation is accepting applications for a travel bursary for the forthcoming ABIC 2011 Conference to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa from September 6 – 9, 2011. The deadline for submission of applications is February 15, 2011 with award announcement set for April 2011. The [...]
August 2011 Newsletter
Click here to download the ABNE August 2011 Newsletter as a PDF – English – French
Report of Annual Biosafety Capacity Building Coordination Meeting, Nairobi, Kenya, April 11-12, 2011
Download report – English ANNUAL BIOSAFETY CAPACITY BUILDING COORDINATION MEETING Report on Stakeholders’ Meeting on Emerging Biosafety Legislation in Africa April 11 – 12, 2011 Hotel Intercontinental, Nairobi, Kenya Several continent-wide and sub-regional biosafety capacity building initiatives have assisted and continue to assist African countries to establish functional regulatory systems. Noting that these efforts have [...]
NEPAD and Mozambican Government to jointly build capacity in Biosafety
27 May 2011, Maputo – “Biosafety regulatory systems are essential in meeting critical needs for food and nutritional security in Africa”, Dr. Venancio Simao Massingue, Minister of Science and Technology in Mozambique said last week Friday. In his remarks, Massingue welcomed the efforts made by AU-NEPAD’s African Biosafety Network of Expertise (ABNE) in supporting biosafety [...]
Postgraduate Biosafety in Plant Biotechnology Course at Ghent University
More information:http://www.ugent.be/we/genetics/ipbo/en/education/postgraduate.htm Do not hesitate to contact ine.pertry@ugent.be for further information.
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