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WEST AFRICA BIOSAFETY
STATUS: GHANA DETAILS
            Walter S. Alhassan
      FARA SABIMA Project Consultant
 UNN NSUKKA INT BIOTECH CENTER MEETING
            7 FEBRUARY, 2013
WEST AFRICA BIOSAFETY LEGISLATION
                          STATUS
• Burkina Faso, Ghana, Senegal and Togo are
  the only countries in the sub-region that have
  biosafety legislation in place that can allow the
  handling of GM crops up to commercial release.
• Nigeria has a cabinet approval for the handling
  of GM crops up to the confined field trial level
• Nigeria law to allow commercial release passed
  in 2011 by its Senate. Presidential assent still
  pending. Only Burkina Faso is handling a GM
  crop (Bt cotton) at the commercial level in West
  Africa. This started in 2008.
GHANA BIOSAFETY LAW STATUS


• Enabling laws available: LI 1887 and ACT 831.
• LI 1887 (2007) allowed handling GM crops up to
  CFT level as substantive legislation was being
  developed. LI was based on an existing
  legislation for research in the CSIR. Act 521 of
  1996. NBC processes applications.
• Act 831 (2011). Comprehensive biosafety law.
  Will cover handling GM products up to an
  including commercial release. NBA will process
  applications. The LI is being drafted with
  assistance from ABNE and PBS.
GHANA BIOSAFETY LAW
          some historical antecedents.
• 2003 Ghana ratified Cartagena Protocol on
  Biosafety. Public awareness, consultations held
  on biosafety and biotechnology. Guidelines and
  legislative framework developed.
• 2004 Draft Bill submitted to the MEST. Lots of
  delay by government.
• 2006 MEST dissolved. Ministry of Education
  Science and Sports created. LI 1887 created
  2008 as interim. For CFTs.
• 2008 General Elections
• 2009 New Government. Bill process restarted.
• 2011 Biosafety Law passed. Presidential assent.
SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GHANA
                    LAW



• User friendly.
• No strict liability provisions. Contrast laws of
  some French speaking countries- BF, Togo,
  Mali.
• Transitional provisions allows operation of the LI
  1887 for CFT pending a new LI for the new law
     (Act 831) that covers all biosafety up to
     commercial release.
TIPS ON GHANA BIOSAFETY LEGISLATION
              COUNTRY EXPERIENCE


• Learn from earlier biosafety legislations to
  improve own.
• Need a champion to relentlessly pursue
  submissions to government.
• Must continuously engage key players: civil
  society, media, farmer organisations, Ministers
  and parliament. Must prepare parliament for
  debate.
TIPS ON GHANA BIOSAFETY LEGISLATION
              COUNTRY EXPERIENCE


• Must court key persons in government at all
  levels for support not forgetting farmer
  organisations and the media.
• Financial and technical support from
  development partners crucial: UNEP-GEF, PBS,
  ABNE and FARA/SABIMA.
BIOSAFETY RESEARCH
Needed to provide evidence for biosafety
guidelines for risk assessment and management:

• Gene flow
• Effect on non-target organisms
• Food safety- toxicity, allergenecity
WAY FORWARD

• Beginners to learn from experience of others in
  biosafety management.
• Harmonisation of biosafety legislation in the sub-
  region. Some challenges. Work with like-minded
  countries is a possible way out for now.
• Biosafety research backing: gene flow to correct
  isolation distances, food safety (toxicity and
  allergenecity).
• STRONG STEWARDSHIP CULTURE to back
  biosafety application.
Thank you
Visit us at: www.fara-africa.org

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West africa bio safety

  • 1. WEST AFRICA BIOSAFETY STATUS: GHANA DETAILS Walter S. Alhassan FARA SABIMA Project Consultant UNN NSUKKA INT BIOTECH CENTER MEETING 7 FEBRUARY, 2013
  • 2. WEST AFRICA BIOSAFETY LEGISLATION STATUS • Burkina Faso, Ghana, Senegal and Togo are the only countries in the sub-region that have biosafety legislation in place that can allow the handling of GM crops up to commercial release. • Nigeria has a cabinet approval for the handling of GM crops up to the confined field trial level • Nigeria law to allow commercial release passed in 2011 by its Senate. Presidential assent still pending. Only Burkina Faso is handling a GM crop (Bt cotton) at the commercial level in West Africa. This started in 2008.
  • 3. GHANA BIOSAFETY LAW STATUS • Enabling laws available: LI 1887 and ACT 831. • LI 1887 (2007) allowed handling GM crops up to CFT level as substantive legislation was being developed. LI was based on an existing legislation for research in the CSIR. Act 521 of 1996. NBC processes applications. • Act 831 (2011). Comprehensive biosafety law. Will cover handling GM products up to an including commercial release. NBA will process applications. The LI is being drafted with assistance from ABNE and PBS.
  • 4. GHANA BIOSAFETY LAW some historical antecedents. • 2003 Ghana ratified Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Public awareness, consultations held on biosafety and biotechnology. Guidelines and legislative framework developed. • 2004 Draft Bill submitted to the MEST. Lots of delay by government. • 2006 MEST dissolved. Ministry of Education Science and Sports created. LI 1887 created 2008 as interim. For CFTs. • 2008 General Elections • 2009 New Government. Bill process restarted. • 2011 Biosafety Law passed. Presidential assent.
  • 5. SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GHANA LAW • User friendly. • No strict liability provisions. Contrast laws of some French speaking countries- BF, Togo, Mali. • Transitional provisions allows operation of the LI 1887 for CFT pending a new LI for the new law (Act 831) that covers all biosafety up to commercial release.
  • 6. TIPS ON GHANA BIOSAFETY LEGISLATION COUNTRY EXPERIENCE • Learn from earlier biosafety legislations to improve own. • Need a champion to relentlessly pursue submissions to government. • Must continuously engage key players: civil society, media, farmer organisations, Ministers and parliament. Must prepare parliament for debate.
  • 7. TIPS ON GHANA BIOSAFETY LEGISLATION COUNTRY EXPERIENCE • Must court key persons in government at all levels for support not forgetting farmer organisations and the media. • Financial and technical support from development partners crucial: UNEP-GEF, PBS, ABNE and FARA/SABIMA.
  • 8. BIOSAFETY RESEARCH Needed to provide evidence for biosafety guidelines for risk assessment and management: • Gene flow • Effect on non-target organisms • Food safety- toxicity, allergenecity
  • 9. WAY FORWARD • Beginners to learn from experience of others in biosafety management. • Harmonisation of biosafety legislation in the sub- region. Some challenges. Work with like-minded countries is a possible way out for now. • Biosafety research backing: gene flow to correct isolation distances, food safety (toxicity and allergenecity). • STRONG STEWARDSHIP CULTURE to back biosafety application.
  • 10. Thank you Visit us at: www.fara-africa.org