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Kenya to introduce GMO Cassava

Kenya is planning to green-light the cultivation and sale of genetically modified cassava in a move to improve food security in the country.

The Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (KALRO) is working to introduce a GMO variety of cassava reported to be more disease resistant than traditional strains.  

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