Moving forward from 2020, Africa faces an eminent challenge of food safety and security in the coming years. The World Food Programme (WFP) United Nations (UN) estimates that 20% Africa’s population 1.2 billion people face highest level undernourishment world, likely to worsen due COVID-19 pandemic has brought entire world its knees. Factors such as insecurity conflict, poverty, climate change ...

This report reviews currently approved genetically modified food crops, products from modified microorganisms for food use, and molecular methods currently applicable or under development for detecting foods derived from genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Up-to-date reviews on approvals of genetically engineered organisms or food products (in the the European Community, and Switzerland), in...

Abstract This manuscript examines how the Precautionary Principle has been applied to provide a mechanism for protection of environment and health in response introduction Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) Europe. It discusses Court Justice European Union (CJEU) handled national requests across four cases which Member States had failed their attempt trigger order uphold ban or suspension cu...

The paper emphasizes on the need of implementing the Biosafety Protocol for the developing countries and suggests to establish capacity building measures. It identifies various ways to detect GMOs and discuss their relevance in the context of developing countries. The paper has elaborated the concept of transgene and provides an overview of GMO regulations across various countries.

Economics is defined so broadly in the textbooks that an economist would not be outside the profession’s domain to answer the two main policy questions of this conference: 1. how should the benefits of biotechnology be shared with providers of genetic resources and/or associated knowledge (commonly known as access and benefitsharing, ABS)? 2. how should society handle genetically modified organ...