So when are we going to generate our own solutions or find our own answers to our problems. This @#$%$@ has to stop somewhere we seem to have no plans for ourselves.....all our major policies are framed and pushed down by the West...Millennium Development Goals, Hipic, NYEP, GMO and the list goes on... The United Nations Environment Program and the Global Environment Facility (UNEP/GEF) provided financial and technical support for the drafting of the Biosafety Framework for Ghana that was completed in July, 2004. The USAID-sponsored Program for Biosafety Systems (PBS), implemented by a consortium led by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), also played a significant role in developing the underlying legal framework for biotechnology and biosafety policy in Ghana in 2004-2008. In recent years PBS has been hosted in West Africa by the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA). Ghana‟s biosafety law is considered user friendly as it does not contain any labeling requirements for biotech or genetically modified food products or strict liability provisions. This should help the country to respond to the challenges of food security and climate change. The National Biosafety Authority, which is to manage the implementation of the Ghana Biosafety Act 2011 (Act 831) in Ghana, is yet to be established. Source: USDA Foreign agricultural Service GAIN Report Number: Elmasoeur Ashitey Marcela Rondon 2012 Ghana Agricultural Biotechnology Report Agricultural Biotechnology Annual Ghana GH1203
Posted on: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 21:42:34 +0000
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