South African GM Crops Increasing - AgriSA

AgriSA says genetically modified (GM) maize crops grew by 10 000 hectares and South Africa remains the eighth biggest producer of GM foods in the world.

AgriSA CEO, Kobus Laubscher says that, "South Africa maintain the number eight position in the world ranking of biotech crop countries, planting more than 1,8 million hectares of biotech crops."

Laubscher states that the biggest challenge is that farmers have to produce more crops for a growing population on smaller land. He says that there seems to be resistance to GM foods in the country.

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