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2009-10-09 | permalink
Africa should be cautious in its approach to genetically modified agriculture ”even if it promises economic salvation” for the impoverished continent, a bishop from Cameroon said. Bishop George Nkuo of Kumbo said [at the Synod of Bishops for Africa] that because the long-term impact of such new technology on human and environmental health is still not clear, ”we in Cameroon suggest that Africa should not rush blindly to embrace it.”
2009-10-09 | permalink
Africa should be cautious in its approach to genetically modified agriculture ”even if it promises economic salvation” for the impoverished continent, a bishop from Cameroon said. Bishop George Nkuo of Kumbo said [at the Synod of Bishops for Africa] that because the long-term impact of such new technology on human and environmental health is still not clear, ”we in Cameroon suggest that Africa should not rush blindly to embrace it.”
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