GM battle in danger of trampling Africa

Tewolde Egziabher argues that developing nations must put in place biosafety systems based on the precautionary principle, and develop the capacity – no matter how costly – to deal with the risks of genetically modified crops. […]

Model Law for Safety in Biotechnology for Africa

First drafted by the OAU and the Ethiopian Environmental Protection Authority, the African Model Law for Biosafety was designed in order that countries in Africa could adopt it in their law as they move towards the implementation of the Biosafety Protoco […]

AU Expert Group Calls for Moratorium on GMOs

A group of African experts convened under the auspices of the African Union took a first and critically important step towards laying the groundwork for common African policies on issues concerning GE. […]