Bt Cotton Lessons from Burkina Faso

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By VERENARDO MEEME

At a forum on biotech crops and the Big Four Agenda at the University of Nairobi on April 24, critics of biotechnology, citing the Burkina Faso cotton fiasco, repeatedly misrepresented the facts about its genetically modified (GM) cotton farming.

The truth is, cotton production in the West African country has been on a downward slide since three years ago after the government phased out the pest-resistant GM cotton (also called Bt cotton) …Read more>>

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