Special Report: How Monsanto's GM cotton sowed trouble in Africa - Pakistani Fun

Special Report: How Monsanto's GM cotton sowed trouble in Africa

Special Report: How Monsanto's GM cotton sowed trouble in AfricaBy Joe Bavier BOBO-DIOULASSO, Burkina Faso (Reuters) - In 2000, farmers in Burkina Faso, Africa's top cotton grower, were desperate. U.S. seeds and pesticide company Monsanto proposed an answer: a genetically modified strain of cotton called Bollgard II, which it had already introduced in America and was marketing worldwide. GM was established in large-scale farming in South Africa, but not among the smallholders who produce most African cotton.




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