The federal government recently granted an approval for the environmental evaluation and open cultivation of TELA maize, a new variety developed by its researchers at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. The transgenic variety, funded by the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), is a major step in tackling problems associated with…
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government is working with agricultural scientists at the Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR) to improve Tela maize production in Nigeria. Dr Rufus Ebegba, Director-General, National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), made this known in Abuja at the public presentation of the drought tolerant and fall armyworm resistant maize known as Tela […]
The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has granted approval for environmental release of a new genetically modified variety TELA Maize developed
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