Is America putting Africa at risk with donations containing GMO?
Are famine-stricken countries justified in refusing it? This debate is now closed. Read a selection of your comments below. Your reaction The common thread in many of those opinions opposed to GM foods being sent to Africa is that there’s a slight chance they may, possibly cause problems sometime in the future. So the choice is: die now or maybe in 20-30 years or maybe not. I know which I’d choose! J Cahill, UK I can see the issue here. Why has America chosen to give grant of GM foods rather than HIV/AIDS control drugs? Are Africans not dying in their millions from HIV/AIDS? Mugabe is right for refusing his countrymen and women to be used as human laboratories. I still remember when my parents were growing genetically modified grains (Sorghum)in the 60s. Today no high yielding sorghum, no traditional sorghum, only bare, trampled and eroded lands! America should keep its GM to itself. Ruth Mohammed, Netherlands ” A quick poll among the people who need that food would give you the obviou
