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2008-09-18 | permalink
Major row erupts ahead of All Africa Biotechnology Conference in Kenya
The intentions of a biotechnology forum to be held in Nairobi next week has come under scrutiny from civil society groups that fear it could be a lobbying platform for commercialisation of genetically modified foods in Kenya. The international meeting dubbed ’All Africa Biotechnology Conference’ has been organised by the African Biotechnology Stakeholders Forum (ABSF). [...] ”We suspect that the meeting will come up with a resolution that Africa is ready for GM foods and there are no dissenting voices,” said Samuel Ochieng, the acting director general of Consumers International.
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2008-09-18 | permalink
Major row erupts ahead of All Africa Biotechnology Conference in Kenya
The intentions of a biotechnology forum to be held in Nairobi next week has come under scrutiny from civil society groups that fear it could be a lobbying platform for commercialisation of genetically modified foods in Kenya. The international meeting dubbed ’All Africa Biotechnology Conference’ has been organised by the African Biotechnology Stakeholders Forum (ABSF). [...] ”We suspect that the meeting will come up with a resolution that Africa is ready for GM foods and there are no dissenting voices,” said Samuel Ochieng, the acting director general of Consumers International.
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