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Inter Press Service: As controlled field trials of a genetically modified (GM) crop are about to begin in five African countries amidst promises of improved crops grown under poor conditions, critics are charging organisations with selling out the interests of African farmers. A team of scientists in the United States, Mexico, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa and Mozambique has developed water-efficient maize varieties under the Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA) project. The high-yielding maize ......
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Could Water-Efficient Maize Boost Africa’s Food Security?
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on October 21st, 2010
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