East Africa region urged to adopt GMOs to boost food security

A confined field trial of GM banana plants in Kawanda, Uganda. PHOTO | MORGAN MBABAZI | NMG

Governments in East Africa have been urged to adopt genetic modification (GM) technology if they are to boost agricultural productivity and resolve the perennial food and nutrition crisis.

The concerns were raised by experts who addressed parliamentarians from the region during a recent forum on food and nutrition security in Kigali.