Kenya gives nod to open-air trials of Bt maize; it could be selling by 2018
A genetically modified maize variety at the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute Kiboko station. Only three African countries - South Africa, Burkina Faso and Sudan - produce GM crops. PHOTO | FILE
Kenya moved closer to commercial cultivation of genetically modified crops after the government approved open-air field trials of GM maize, making it the first East African country and the third in Africa to plant the genetically modified crop.
If the field trials are successful, the Bt maize will be approved for cultivation, and sale on the market in the next two years.
