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are welcome to the Website of the National Biotechnology
Development Agency (NABDA). NABDA is an agency
of the Federal Government of Nigeria, under the aegis
of the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology (FMST).
NABDA was established in 2001 as an institutional framework
for implementing the National Biotechnology Policy.
Our specific mandates are to coordinate, promote and
regulate all biotechnology activities in the country
with a view to making available this cutting-edge technology
for the promotion of a healthy environment, ensuring
national food security and providing affordable health
care delivery as well as the alleviation of poverty. Based
on this premise, the programmes of the agency are structured
in line with the international standard bearing in mind
the development of local technological contents.
The agency comprises of five technical departments:
Agricultural Biotechnology and Bioresources Development;
- Molecula Biology & Bioinformatics;
- Environmental Biotechnology
and Bioresources Development;
- Food and Industria lBiotechnology;
- Medical Biotechnology;
Bioresources development has been deliberately emphasized
because of the endowed biodiversity in the country with
its varying ecological zones. To cater for the challenges
posed by the enormous ecological biodiversity and bioresources
of Nigeria, the Agency has designated six Zonal biotechnology
Centres of Excellence to provide facilities for Research
and Development communities to address their specific
and peculiar biotechnology problems within the zones.
Operating with these Biotechnology Zonal Centres and
two other special centres (National Centre for Genetic
Resources and Biotechnology - concerned with the conservation
of Genetic resources and a Bioresources Development
Centre for the development of our indigenous bioresources),
the Agency has positioned itself to be able to meet
our National Economic Empowerment Development Strategies
(NEEDS) and Millennium Development Goals (MDG). The
programmes of the Agency are such that we have much
to offer for both the simple rural dwellers and the
sophisticated city people.
It is in the strategic plan of the Agency to establish
collaborations with other biotechnology stakeholder
institutions, public and private, local and international
in the development of various biotechnology products
and processes. Several of these collaborations are already
going on in the areas of vaccine development , diagnostic
kits production, genetic improvement of crops, etc.
(Cotton, Cassava, Cowpea, Cocoa, Palm tree, Rubber,
Gum Arabic, Gum Acacia, Neem, Maize, Baobab etc).
As you navigate through the official website of NABDA,
you will definitely have more details on our programmes,
especially our current areas of research and development.
We invite you to partner with us when you identify a
contribution you can offer so as to take advantage of
the great potentials Nigeria has to offer in the application
of biotechnology
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