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2009-02-19 | permalink
South Africa maintains its GM food productivity
Genetically modified (GM) maize crops grew by 10000 hectares last year while South Africa remained the eighth-biggest producer of GM foods in the world, AgriSA announced yesterday. ”South Africa maintained the No8 position in the world ranking of biotech crop countries, planting more than 1,8 million hectares of biotech crops,” said AgriSA chief executive officer Kobus Laubscher. South Africa also ranked eighth in 2007.
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2009-02-19 | permalink
South Africa maintains its GM food productivity
Genetically modified (GM) maize crops grew by 10000 hectares last year while South Africa remained the eighth-biggest producer of GM foods in the world, AgriSA announced yesterday. ”South Africa maintained the No8 position in the world ranking of biotech crop countries, planting more than 1,8 million hectares of biotech crops,” said AgriSA chief executive officer Kobus Laubscher. South Africa also ranked eighth in 2007.
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