Our Services
At NBRDA, we are committed to advancing innovation through cutting-edge biotechnology research, training, and development services that address national needs in health, agriculture, and industry. Our services are designed to bridge scientific discovery with real-world applications, empowering individuals, organizations, and communities to benefit from modern biotechnological solutions.
We’re Full Fledged Biotechnology Agency Creating Awesome Things
In recognition of the importance of biotechnology to national development, the Federal Executive Council on 23rd of April 2001 approved the National Biotechnology Policy, which led to the establishment of the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) in November 2001 under the supervision of Federal Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. The act that establishes NABDA referred to as National Biotechnology Development Agency (Establishment) Act, 2022 mandated the Agency to carry out Research and Development programmes on biotechnology priority areas of food, agriculture, health, industry, environment and other strategic sectors for national biotechnology utilization in Nigeria as well as promote, co-ordinate and deploy cutting edge biotechnology research and development activities nationwide.
Core Mandated Services
What We Provide
Research & Development (R&D)
- Conduct biotech R&D in priority sectors: food & agriculture, health, industry, environment, etc.
- Develop policies and programmes to guide use of biotechnology in Nigeria.
Promotion of Biotechnology
- Promote sustainable adoption and application of biotech technologies that are acceptable, profitable and safe.
- Encourage self-reliance in the biotech sector, reducing import dependence.
Training & Capacity Building
- Build capacity of scientists, technologists, staff in biotechnology tools and methods.
- Workshops, seminars, conferences for awareness.
Research & Development (R&D)
- Conduct biotech R&D in priority sectors: food & agriculture, health, industry, environment, etc.
- Develop policies and programmes to guide use of biotechnology in Nigeria.
Promotion of Biotechnology
- Promote sustainable adoption and application of biotech technologies that are acceptable, profitable and safe.
- Encourage self-reliance in the biotech sector, reducing import dependence.
Training & Capacity Building
- Build capacity of scientists, technologists, staff in biotechnology tools and methods.
- Workshops, seminars, conferences for awareness.
Bioentrepreneurship & Technology Commercialization
- Translation of research outputs into products & services
- Scaling up from laboratory to pilot to industrial scale.
- Training bio entrepreneurs; assisting with manufacturing capability and facilitating biobusiness startups.
Environmental Biotechnology
- Deployment of Bioremediation technique: cleaning up polluted sites, reuse / treatment of waste.
- Conservation of biodiversity; bioresource‐banking; DNA barcoding; microbial culture banks.
- Deployment of Biogas techniques for homes and commercial
Extension services / Public Outreach
- Training youths, women, and other entrepreneurs with skills in agriculture, aquaculture, bio-based processes.
- Demonstration farms, pilot plants, exposing stakeholders to biotech innovations.
Medical Biotechnology Services to hospitals, Pharma/Biotech industries, laboratories etc
- Development, deployment and commercialization of diagnostic tools (molecular diagnostics) for infectious and non-infectious diseases.
- Development and commercialization of Vaccine,, antibodies, biopharmaceutical (e.g. insulin, antiretrovirals) products.
- Forensic DNA services / human identification.
- Detection of pathogens via genome sequencing, real-time PCR, ELISA, cytoflourimetric analysis/cell sorting
- Cell culture,cell identification and cell line development
- DNA/RNA pure isolation, quantification etc
Agricultural Biotechnology services to Farmers and general public
- Development and deployment of Improved crop varieties (e.g. pest resistant, drought tolerant) .
- Germplasm and micropropagation of plants
- Improvement of farm animals mostly in insemination and milk production
- Improvement fish farming using biotech inputs
- Improved mushroom,snailnary and grasscutter farming for high yield
- Development and deployment of feedmill facility and processes