2013-09-18 | permalink

Zambia, Strongest Anti-GMO Stance in Africa

Zambia and three other African countries shocked the world in 2002 when they declined food aid during a regional famine. They wouldn’t accept the food because it was both genetically modified (GM) and unmilled, which meant that it could potentially be planted to grow GM crops. The four countries then asked the United States, which had provided most of the aid, to mill it so it would only be good for consumption and not cultivation, but it refused, citing costs.

• The Epoch Times: Zambia, Strongest Anti-GMO Stance in Africa
• The Epoch Times: GMOs in Zambia: Facts at a Glance