Status of development, regulation and adoption of GM agriculture in Africa: Views and positions of stakeholder groups

• Published in: Food Policy Vol. 43; pp. 159 - 166
• Main Authors: Adenle, Ademola A., Morris, E. Jane, Parayil, Govindan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2013; Elsevier BV; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Africa; Agriculture; Assessments; Authority; Bacillus thuringiensis; Benefits; biosafety; Burkina Faso; Consumption; Control; corn; Crops; East Africa; Egypt; Europe; European Union; Fiber–Feed–Food (F3) approach; Food; Food safety; Food security; Foods; Genetically altered foods; Ghana; GM agriculture; humans; International organizations; interviews; Kenya; livestock feeds; Nigeria; North Africa; Policies; Poverty; Poverty alleviation; Poverty relief; Regulation; Risk; Risk analysis; Risk assessment; Safety; South Africa; Stakeholder; Stakeholder groups; stakeholders; Sudan; Technology; transgenic plants; Tunisia; Burkina Faso; Egypt; Sudan; South Africa; Ghana; Kenya; Nigeria; Tunisia; Fiber–Feed–Food (F3) approach; Stakeholder groups; Risk analysis; GM agriculture; Food security; Africa

•Development and regulation of GM crops based on the views of 305 stakeholders in six African countries.•Challenges in development of effective biosafety regulatory frameworks.•Adoption of GM crops based on Fiber–Feed–Food (F3) approach. The use of genetically modified (GM) crop technology in tackli...