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The other side of Nigeria's GM beans


The other side of Nigeria’s GM beans
The Punch
Published 8 July 2021
“When we think of food as just a commodity for the market, then we have missed the point”
– Nnimmo Bassey, Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation
In 2019, after 10 years of research, field trials and biosafety confirmation, the Federal Government approved the registration and commercial release of a new genetically modified cowpea (aka beans) to Nigerian farmers. The GM bean (christened SAMPEA 20-T) was genetically engineered to resist a ravaging pest known as pod-borers or maruca vitrata.
Nevertheless, as the SAMPEA 20-T is now unveiled to farmers this year, I have cause to advise for caution in the widespread commercial production of this new GM beans. The most important factor to be considered is that the genetically modified beans contain the gene known as Cry1AB Bt gene, which was developed by a Western biotech company, Monsanto (now Bayer). Since the fir ....

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