Episode 87: GMOs and Food Safety

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Kenya is set to begin open field trials of GMO cotton in March 2019, following the approval for national performance trials by the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) in 2018. [In June 2018, it was reported that Kenya would start growing GMO cotton on a commercial basis in 2019.]

This would make us the first in East Africa to grow GMOs in open fields, and fourth in Africa after South Africa, Burkina Faso and Sudan. BT cotton is among six crops that have been under confined field trials. The others are drought-tolerant maize, biofortified sorghum, viral resistant cassava, nutritionally enhanced cassava and gypsophila paniculata cut flowers. We’re joined by Anne Maina, co-ordinator of the Kenya Biodiversity Coalition, to discuss GMOs and food safety.

Resources

Kenya gears up for GMO cotton from next year

Biotech maize field trials fail to get crop agency green light

US seeks to push Kenya, other African countries to adopt GM crops

Genetically modified Bt cotton not worth the hype

Kenya soon to lift ban on production of genetically modified cotton, maize

The future of cotton is not in genetically modified version

Kenya rules out open trials on genetically modified crops

Scientists say growing genetically-modified crop will revive local textile sector

Why lifting GMO ban remains contentious despite attempts to introduce it in Kenya

Feeding 9 Billion

The biggest hurdle genetically engineered food faces isn’t science—it’s us

Genetically Modified Foods: Breeding Uncertainty

The Monsanto GMO Story: Adding a Fish Gene Into Tomatoes

The GE Process

Republished study: long-term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize

Cytotoxicity on human cells of Cry1Ab and Cry1Ac Bt insecticidal toxins alone or with a glyphosate-based herbicide

Genetically modified crops safety assessments: present limits and possible improvements

Resource Guide to Organic Insect and Disease Management

Kenya Apparel and Textile Industry: Diagnosis, Strategy and Action Plan

How Monsanto’s GM cotton sowed trouble in Africa

Burkina Faso calls time on Monsanto's GM cotton, demands $280m damages

The Environmental Costs of Fast Fashion

Fast fashion: Inside the fight to end the silence on waste

Fast Fashion Is Killing People (Seriously!)

Monsanto ordered to pay $289m as jury rules weedkiller caused man's cancer

'The world is against them': new era of cancer lawsuits threaten Monsanto

The man who beat Monsanto: 'They have to pay for not being honest'

Roundup weed killer lawsuit hits a snag, but Monsanto is not off the hook

Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

How to practice Integrated Pest Management?

Biodiversity and Its Importance

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Episode 79: Public Finance and the Right to Food [Part 2]

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