Genetically modified cassava could cross from Kenya into Uganda

Uganda currently does not have any substantive law to guide how GMOs can be cultivated in Uganda despite fruitful years of research on GM crops that include bananas, cassava, maize, rice and potato by researchers from the National Agriculture Research Organization (NARO).

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Some of the genetically modified cassava ready for destruction field trials in Kasese. (Photos by Prossy Nandudu)

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#Cassava farmers #National Agriculture Research Organization (NARO) #GMOs

Cassava farmers in Uganda, experiencing crop failure due to pests and diseases such as cassava brown streak and cassava mosaic could be forced to access disease-free planting materials from their

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