PUBLIC DISPLAY OF APPLICATION DOSSIER FOR CONFINED FIELD TRIAL (CFT) OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED CASSAVA TO INCREASE STORAGE ROOT YIELD (i.e. BIGGER OR MORE STORAGE ROOT PER PLANT)

In accordance with the National Biosafety Management Agency Act 2015 (as amended), which requires that before any permit is granted for intentional release of GMO’s there must be a public display of the biosafety applications for comments and contributions. The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) hereby announces a twenty-one (21) day public notice of the display of an application dossier by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, (IITA) Ibadan, Oyo State for the Confined field trial of Genetically Modified Cassava to increase storage root yield. This display will take effect from Thursday, 22nd August 2024, to Thursday, 12th September 2024, to enable the public to provide input that will facilitate informed decisions on the application.

Description of the Product

• • The Confined Field Trial is for the purpose of evaluating novel transgenic cassava plants engineered to enhance storage root growth and yield by increasing sink capacity. The genetic constructs employed aims to improve assimilate allocation to storage roots through the overexpression of the Arabidopsis thaliana POTASSIUM TRANSPORTER 2 (AKT2) gene, driven by the pAtAKT2 promoter.

Display Centre are :

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

PUBLIC DISPLAY OF APPLICATION DOSSIER FOR CONFINED FIELD TRIAL (CFT) OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED CASSAVA TO INCREASE STORAGE ROOT YIELD (i.e. BIGGER OR MORE STORAGE ROOT PER PLANT)

Display Duration

Date: 22nd August 2024 - 12th September, 2024
Time: 8:00am – 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 12th September 2024.

E-mail: nbma@nbma.gov.ng