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Lilia Bliznashka

Lily Bliznashka is a Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit. Her research focuses on assessing the effectiveness of multi-input nutrition-sensitive and nutrition-specific interventions and the mechanisms through which they work to improve maternal and child health and nutrition globally. She has worked in Burkina Faso, Burundi, Tanzania, and Uganda.

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GM cowpea export can fetch Nigeria $638m yearly —OFAB (Nigerian Tribune)

October 28, 2020


Nigerian Tribune posted an article on the GM Cowpea and that the Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB) has stated that Nigeria could earn up to $638 million from the export of its genetically modified Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) grain, the insect Pod-Borer Resistant (PBR) cowpea. Country Director of OFAB, Rose Gidado explained that the OFAB’s prediction is based on a study by the Program for Biosafety (PBS) and IFPRI under the Biosafety and Biotechnology Rapid Assessment and Policy Project (BioRAPP). 

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