Kenya’s National Biosafety Authority (NBA), which is mandated to regulate research activities involving genetically modified organisms (GMOs), has urged research institutions conducting Confined Field Trials (CFTs) to strictly comply with the biosafety protocols stipulated in the Biosafety Act, 2009. Speaking during a visit to the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) research facilities at Muguga (Biotechnology Research…
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