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published: 05 Jul 2022 last updated: 13 Mar 2023

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Is this an amendment to a decision or communication already published on the BCH?

General Information

Country

Ghana

Competent National Authority(ies) responsible for the decision or communication

- Competent National Authority: | BCH-CNA-GH-113743-3

Competent National Authority:

National Biosafety Authority ()

Proton Street, Campus of the Graduate School of Nuclear and Allied Science, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, Kwabenya
Accra, Greater Accra Region
Gh, Ghana
Phone: +233 303944235,

Fax:

Email: info@nba.gov.gh,

Website: https://nba.gov.gh,

BCH-CNA-GH-113743-3

Title / Reference number of the decision or communication

Decision on an Application from the Council for Scientific and lndustrial Research (CSIR), Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR-SARI) for Environmental Release and Placing on the Market of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) Genetically Modified for Resistance to Maruca pod borer (Maruca vitrata) Event AAT-7Ø9AA-4 in Ghana

Date of the decision

30 Jun 2022

Is the decision taken prior to entry into force of the Protocol?

Subject of the decision, notification, communication or declaration

Decision on LMOs for intentional introduction into the environment (according to Article 10 or domestic regulatory framework)

LMOs for intentional introduction into the environment

Was the decision triggered by a request for a transboundary movement of LMOs into your country?

Does the decision apply to transboundary movements of LMO(s) into the country?

Applicant’s contact details

- Organization: Council for scientifi c and Industrial Research-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR-SARI) | BCH-CON-GH-260930-1

Organization:

Council for scientifi c and Industrial Research-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR-SARI)

Academic or research institute

CSIR-SARI, Nyamkpala Road
Tamale, Northern Region
Gh, Ghana
Phone: +233372098331,

Fax:

Email: sari@csir-gh.org,

Website: http://www.csir.org.gh,

Does the decision involve field trials?

Does the decision involve commercial release?

Yes

Will the decision apply to subsequent introductions of the same LMO(s) into the environment?

Yes

Result of the decision

Approval of the import and/or use of the LMO(s) with conditions

Conditions

Approved for three years, subject to administrative approval

Reasons

Being the maiden approval for environmental release in Ghana, a short period was granted to allow for the monitoring of the effectiveness of its stewardship.

Information sharing with other databases

Is this decision related to an LMO for commercial use?

Yes

Should this decision be forwarded to the OECD Secretariat for possible inclusion in the BioTrack Product Database?

Yes

Is this decision related to food safety?

Yes

Was it conducted in accordance with the Codex Alimentarius Guideline for the Conduct of Food Safety Assessment of Foods Derived from Recombinant-DNA Plants?

Yes

Should this information be forwarded to the Secretariat of the FAO GM Foods Platform?

Yes

LMO identification & risk assessment

LMO identification

BCH-LMO-SCBD-114444-2 Living Modified Organism AAT-7Ø9AA-4 - Pod Borer-resistant cowpea

African Agricultural Technology Foundation and Institute of Agricultural Research | Resistance to antibiotics (Kanamycin), Resistance to diseases and pests (Insects, Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths))

Risk assessment

BCH-RA-GH-260932-1 Risk Assessment generated by a regulatory process Review of Risk Assessment of the Application from the Council for Scientific and lndustrial Research (CSIR), Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR-SARI) for Environmental Release and Placing on the Market of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) Genetically Modified for Resistance to Maruca pod borer (Maruca vitrata) Event AAT-7Ø9AA-4 in Ghana

AAT-7Ø9AA-4 - Pod Borer-resistant cowpea | Cowpea, Black eyed pea, Resistance to diseases and pests, Resistance to antibiotics

Document on the decision, communication, notification or declaration

DECISION DOCUMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE AND PLACING ON THE MARKET OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANT (EVENT 709A COWPEA).pdf [ English ]

BCH-DEC-GH-260933-2 Report

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