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Nigeria harvests more GM food crops, but concerns persist

Developed at the Institute for Agricultural Research at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, the pod borer-resistant cowpea —commonly known as beans — is engineered to withstand the Maruca vitrata pest.

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