The Director of Research, Global Biotechnology Potato Partnership (GBPP), Dr. Charles Amadi, said it has done its efficacy trial, but currently on the regulatory trial, which requires doing the mandatory two seasons.
The Director of Research, Global Biotechnology Potato Partnership , Dr. Charles Amadi, said it has done its efficacy trial, but currently on the regulatory trial, which requires doing the mandatory two seasons.
He added that after the second regulatory trial, they would submit the dossier for environmental release to the national Bio-Safety Management Agency and if it is approved, they will do the national performance trials, the multi-locational outside confined fields and also the all farms trials. Speaking on the advantages of the potato, he said that the advantage basically is that it is resistant to late blight, adding that late blight is the most damaging disease of potato as they have recurrent outbreak, which has led to the loss of hectares of potatoes and a lot of livelihood.
Amadi further explained that there is nothing to fear about Genetically Modified Organism , especially the biotech potatoes because the genes are naturally occurring genes as they were copied from wild relatives of potatoes.
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