Kenya lifts 10-year ban on GMOs

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This week, Kenya announced it will remove a 10-year-ban on the cultivation and importation of genetically modified crops. The government says the move will help address the country’s food insecurity problem, which has been amplified by an ongoing drought and the war in Ukraine. But the decision has created a lot of controversy as The World’s Halima Gikandi reports.

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