Uganda: GMOs Threatening Seed Industry

27 January 2006

Kampala — STAKEHOLDERS of the Centre for Development Initiatives (CDI) of the African Biodiversity Network of South Africa have expressed concern about the likely extinction of the indigenous seeds if the country adopts Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs).

"There is a risk of contaminating our indigenous crops from fields planted with GMOs through cross-pollination. We may lose our indigenous seed security through contamination with GMO genes," said Bridget Nabikolo, the CDI programme coordinator.

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