Erostus Nsubuga, who sits on the Presidential Roundtable for Investments in Agriculture, and serves on several well-placed boards of state-enterprises in commerce and farming, juxtaposed the current Kenya-Uganda GM-crop technology scenario to the one in Latin America in 1990s.
The decision last fall by newly-elected Kenyan President, Dr. William Samoei arap Ruto to lift his country’s 10-year ban on GM-food imports and cultivation currently being evaluated by the High Court has sparked a grassroots push in neighboring Uganda to follow Kenya’s president’s embrace of modern ag technology.
Faced with weather extremes, food insecurity and a fast-growing population, there is growing acceptance in Uganda for adopting innovative biotechnologies
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