Ghana Launches First GMO Crop Amid Debate

Accra — A public debate is raging in Ghana as the country launches its first genetically modified crop for commercial cultivation.

The Savanna Agricultural Research Institute–one of the 13 research institutes of Ghana’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research–said last month (July) that it had launched a pod borer-resistant cowpea for commercial cultivation in the country.

The Maruca vitrata pest, otherwise called the bean pod borer, has ravaged farms in the country, causing farmers in…