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Lobby groups want ban on GM foods lifted to boost maize stocks

BY KENNETH KWAMA

Players in the cereals and bulk storage sector are pushing to have the ban on genetically modified foods lifted to pave way for the importation of about 600,000 metric tonnes of maize to plug a deficit responsible for the rising price of the staple.

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