2014-09-22 | permalink

One country in French West Africa cultivates GMO

The only country in francophone West Africa that has approved a GE crop for cultivation is Burkina Faso. Bt cotton, developed by Monsanto in collaboration with INERA, is the only GE crop approved and registered in Burkina Faso for cultivation. (GAIN Report)

• 2014 Francophone West Africa Biotechnology Report (GAIN Report)
• Organic agriculture and fair trade in West Africa (FAO)
• Third West African Organic Conference in Benin (organic-world.net)
• Organic Africa - Videos
• Ecological Farming in Africa | Greenpeace Africa
• African Centre for Biosafety