Archive for May, 2005

Kenya begins first open field trials of GM maize

May 31 , 2005
SciDev.net
By Ochieng’ Ogodo
Kenya last week became the first African country other than South Africa to plant genetically modified (GM) maize in open fields.
The seeds, modified to resist insect pests called stem borers, were planted in the first in a series of confined field trials at the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) [...]