Rejected: Country in West Africa Refuses GMO Bt Cotton

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By Christina Sarich

In a move that will likely upset Biotech’s long-term plans for Africa, the African country Burkina Faso has abandoned genetically modified Bt Cotton crops in order to phase out inferior quality GM crops for non-GM crops.

The biotech industry has been claiming that Bt cotton would be an ideal crop for poor farmers, stating, “Bt cotton varieties have been adopted by commercial and smallholder farmers in several developing countries, including China, South Africa, and India,” all the while singing the crops’ praise.

But a different tune has been developing, exposing the GM crops to be a bad investment.

In fact, the UK’s …read more

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