Ghana's Confined Field Trial for genetically modified cowpea , has successfully completed its second year with one more year to go. The Bt cowpea, developed by Savannah Agricultural Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research at Nyankpala in the Northern Region, would be the first GM crop in Ghana Dr Ibrahim Dzido Kwasi Atokple, a former Principal Investigator Ghana's Bt Cowpea CFT project told journalists at a day's media training on biotech communications and science reporting, that after successful completion, the crop would contribute to food security and improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers.