Burkina Faso
Ratification
• CBD – December 1993
• Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety – November 2003
• Nagoya Protocol on Benefit Sharing – October 2014
• Nagoya – Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress – March 2018
Legal Status
Law # 064-2012/AN on the safety regime in biotechnology
Competent Authority
Agence Nationale de Biosécurité
National Focal Point
Agence Nationale de Biosécurité (ANB)
Ministère de l’Environnement, de l’Économie Verte et du Changement climatique
Centre National de Semences Forestières
Biosafety Regulations/Guidelines
Participating Institutions/Agencies
Regulatory Review and Approval Processes
CFTs approvals
- Sterile male mosquitoes
- Insect resistant cowpea
- Insect resistant maize
- Nitrogen use efficiency rice
- Biofortified high protein sorghum
Environmental Approvals
- Insect resistant cotton (from 2007 to 2015)
