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2006-12-07 | permalink
Impoverished Burkina Faso turns to GMO cotton to boost output, quality
Africa's leading cotton producer has decided to launch a genetically engineered culture next June to boost crop production, overriding protests from anti-GMO activists. Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in west Africa, is banking on the transgenic culture to increase output and lower production costs as it battles to weather the effects of the falling prices of the so-called white gold on the international market. "This new technology will reduce the cost of production for farmers and eliminate the predators of the cotton sector," said Agriculture Minister Salif Diallo.
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2006-12-07 | permalink
Impoverished Burkina Faso turns to GMO cotton to boost output, quality
Africa's leading cotton producer has decided to launch a genetically engineered culture next June to boost crop production, overriding protests from anti-GMO activists. Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in west Africa, is banking on the transgenic culture to increase output and lower production costs as it battles to weather the effects of the falling prices of the so-called white gold on the international market. "This new technology will reduce the cost of production for farmers and eliminate the predators of the cotton sector," said Agriculture Minister Salif Diallo.
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