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Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Government releases Nigeria’s first transgenic food crop for commercialisation


By Igho Akeregha, Abuja Bureau 16 December 2019

The Federal Government has approved registration and release of a new Pod Borer Resistant (PBR) Cowpea variety for commercialisation.

National Committee on Naming, Registration and Release of Crop Varieties, chaired by Mr. Oladosu Awoyemi, gave the approval at its 28th meeting in Ibadan at the weekend.

Scientists named the new cowpea variety, which was developed at the Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria in collaboration with other partners under the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) SAMPEA 20-T.

PBR Cowpea event AAT709A was earlier granted environmental release approval by the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), which confirmed that the product was safe for humans, livestock and the environment... link at title

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