Episode 87: GMOs and Food Safety
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Episode 87: GMOs and Food Safety
Kenya is set to begin open field trials of GMO cotton in March 2019, following the approval for national performance trials by the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) in 2018. [In June 2018, it was reported that Kenya would start growing GMO cotton on a commercial basis in 2019.]
This would make us the first in East Africa to grow GMOs in open fields, and fourth in Africa after South Africa, Burkina Faso and Sudan. BT cotton is among six crops that have been under confined field trials. The others are drought-tolerant maize, biofortified sorghum, viral resistant cassava, nutritionally enhanced cassava and gypsophila paniculata cut flowers. We’re joined by Anne Maina, co-ordinator of the Kenya Biodiversity Coalition, to discuss GMOs and food safety.
Resources
Kenya gears up for GMO cotton from next year
Biotech maize field trials fail to get crop agency green light
US seeks to push Kenya, other African countries to adopt GM crops
Genetically modified Bt cotton not worth the hype
Kenya soon to lift ban on production of genetically modified cotton, maize
The future of cotton is not in genetically modified version
Kenya rules out open trials on genetically modified crops
Scientists say growing genetically-modified crop will revive local textile sector
Why lifting GMO ban remains contentious despite attempts to introduce it in Kenya
The biggest hurdle genetically engineered food faces isn’t science—it’s us
Genetically Modified Foods: Breeding Uncertainty
The Monsanto GMO Story: Adding a Fish Gene Into Tomatoes
Genetically modified crops safety assessments: present limits and possible improvements
Resource Guide to Organic Insect and Disease Management
Kenya Apparel and Textile Industry: Diagnosis, Strategy and Action Plan
How Monsanto’s GM cotton sowed trouble in Africa
Burkina Faso calls time on Monsanto’s GM cotton, demands $280m damages
The Environmental Costs of Fast Fashion
Fast fashion: Inside the fight to end the silence on waste
Fast Fashion Is Killing People (Seriously!)
Monsanto ordered to pay $289m as jury rules weedkiller caused man’s cancer
‘The world is against them’: new era of cancer lawsuits threaten Monsanto
The man who beat Monsanto: ‘They have to pay for not being honest’
Roundup weed killer lawsuit hits a snag, but Monsanto is not off the hook
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
How to practice Integrated Pest Management?
Biodiversity and Its Importance
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