Kenya could become self-sufficient in its staple grain, maize, once the cultivation of Genetically Modified Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) maize is approved.
Hinting on the possibility expected to come with the anticipated commercialisation of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in Kenya, Industrialisation Principal Secretary Wilson Songa said an average 400,000 tonnes that amounts to 13 per cent of maize production is lost to the stem borer pest annually.