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2009-05-27 |

Food crisis whets Eeat Africa’s appetite for GM crops

Worsening cereal production worldwide is swaying African countries to genetically modified crops. Research concluded last December shows that in developing countries — excluding Brazil, China and India — cereal production has fallen by 1.6 per cent. This has worsened the global food prices and posted a deeper shock to world economies. Many African countries are now switching from organic to GM crop production, which research says increases yields in a shorter period.

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2009-05-27 |

Food crisis whets Eeat Africa’s appetite for GM crops

Worsening cereal production worldwide is swaying African countries to genetically modified crops. Research concluded last December shows that in developing countries — excluding Brazil, China and India — cereal production has fallen by 1.6 per cent. This has worsened the global food prices and posted a deeper shock to world economies. Many African countries are now switching from organic to GM crop production, which research says increases yields in a shorter period.

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