Nigeria to rake in $638m through Bt cowpea export – OFAB (Environ News Nigeria)

Environ News Nigeria published an article on the Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB), a biotech informative platform that can potentially bring in $638 million in six years through cowpea export with the adoption of Biotech cowpea by the government. Relying on analysis and data from the Program for Biosafety and IFPRI, the adoption of Pod-borer Resistant Cowpea (PBR) will enhance the outputs of Nigerian farmers, thereby impacting positively on the nations’ economy.  Republished in The Nation Online (Nigeria), Herald (Nigeria), News Verge (Nigeria), Pulse Nigeria, World Stage Group (Nigeria).