PUBLIC DISPLAY OF APPLICATION DOSSIER FOR CONFINED FIELD TRIAL (CFT) OF THE TRANSGENIC COWPEA CONFERRING DUAL-MODE OF RESISTANCE TO THE POD-BORER MARUCA VITRATA AND BRUCHIDS FIELD AND STORAGE INSECTS

In accordance with the National Biosafety Management Agency Act 2015 (as amended), which requires that before any permit is granted for intentional release of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) 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 Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), Zaria, Kaduna State for the Confined Field Trial of Transgenic Cowpea conferring dual-mode resistance to the pod-borer Maruca vitrata and bruchids field and storage insects. This display will take effect from Friday, 28th March 2025 to Friday, 18th April 2025 to enable the public to provide input that will facilitate informed decisions on the application.

Description of the Proposed CFT

• • The purpose of this Confined Field Trial (CFT) is to determine the efficacy of the transgenes in the new events: (DPS-19801, DPS-19805, and DPS-19807 which produce Cry1Bb1 and Cry2Ab proteins to control the legume pod borer (Maruca vitrata) plus the kidney bean αAI-1 inhibitor protein for weevil resistance, and the fourth event: DPS-20012, which expresses only the Cry1Bb1 protein included as a control to evaluate the efficacy of this protein against the pod borer.

Display Centre are :

• a. Department of Biosafety Enforcement and Operations - National Biosafety Management Agency, Plot 3, Kalahari Close, Off ICS Drive, Dakibiyu, Jabi, Abuja.
• Office of the Executive Director, Forest Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan, Oyo 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

APPLICATION DOSSIER FOR CONFINED FIELD TRIAL (CFT) OF THE TRANSGENIC COWPEA CONFERRING DUAL-MODE OF RESISTANCE TO THE POD-BORER MARUCA VITRATA AND BRUCHIDS FIELD AND STORAGE INSECTS

Display Duration

Date: Friday, 28th March 2025, to Friday, 18th April 2025.
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 18th April 2025.

E-mail: nbma@nbma.gov.ng