PUBLIC DISPLAY OF APPLICATION DOSSIER FOR CONFINED FIELD TRIAL (CFT) FOR LATE BLIGHT RESISTANT TRANSGENIC POTATO

In accordance with the National Biosafety Management Agency Act 2015 (as amended), requiring public display of any biosafety application, for permit to intentionally release genetically modified organisms (GMOs), for comments, the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) hereby announces a twenty-one (21) day public notice on the display of an application dossier by National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI), Umudike, Abia State for the Confined field trial of Genetically Modified potato. The display, with effect from 9th May, 2022 to 31st May 2022, is to enable the public to make comments that would facilitate informed decision on the application.

Description of the Proposed CFT

• The confined field trial is to assess the efficacy of the 3R-gene stack to control late blight by natural infection by Phytophthora infestans.

Display Centre are :

• Department of Biosafety Enforcement and Operations, National Biosafety Management Agency, Airport road, Abuja.
• Office of the Executive Director, Forest Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan, Oyo State
• Office of the Executive Director Institute for Agricultural Research, Zaria, Kaduna State
• Office of the Executive Director National Root Crops Research Institute, Umudike, Abia State
• Website of the National Biosafety Management Agency; www.nbma.gov.ng

PUBLIC DISPLAY OF APPLICATION DOSSIER FOR CONFINED FIELD TRIAL (CFT) FOR LATE BLIGHT RESISTANT TRANSGENIC POTATO

Display Duration

Date: 9th May 2022 to 31st May 2022
Time: 8:00 am – 4:00pm daily

All comments should be forwarded to the office of the Director-General/ Chief Executive Officer, National Biosafety Management Agency on or before 31st of May 2022.

E-mail: nbma@nbma.gov.ng