Posted on October, 3, 2023 at 02:13 am
As Nigeria’s agricultural sector setback hangs on lack of infrastructure, insecurity and negative impact of climate change, the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) is offering new tools for increasing agricultural productivity and protection for food crops from climate changes,such as, heat, floods and drought.
The stakeholders addressed the need to develop crops that are more resistant to pest, drought, weed infestation and disease to combat all sort of deficiency, adding that, the Biosafety regulatory system will open doors for crops with economic potential to grow the nation’s GDP.
Established in 2021, NABDA seeks to promote, commercialise and regulate biotechnology products.
Speaking on the sideline of a one day Agricultural Biotechnology and Biosafety Sensitisation Workshop, the director, Agricultural Biotechnology Development, (NABDA), Rose M Gidado, said currently, the government is advancing agricultural biotechnology as a tool to achieve food security in the country.
Gidado while speaking on biotechnology workshop event for Senior Editors organised by the Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB) in Africa, Nigeria Chapter, an initiative of the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) under the auspices of the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) in Lagos with the theme.
Source: Leadership