Language: English
Publication Year: 2019
For nearly 20 years, Kenya has attempted to adopt the better-yielding and diseaseand
drought-tolerant crop varieties bred through genetic engineering. But like the
rest of the continent — aside from South Africa and Sudan, which are already growing
insect-resistant Bt maize and cotton — it made little tangible headway in getting these
improved crops to its farmers.
But Kenya, East Africa’s biggest economy, has recently adopted a liberal outlook
towards biotechnology. This increases the odds it will soon move to officially
commercialize GM crops — an action that could prompt neighboring nations to
quickly follow suit.
Bt , GMO
Climate Change , Food Security
AfS Campaign , Agricultural Biotechnology , Science Communication
Kenya, GMO, East Africa, Cotton,
Kenya
12 Feb 2019
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