Tanzania's First GMO Drought-Resistant Crop to be Harvested 'Imminently'

Tanzania’s first-ever genetically modified crop — a field trial of drought-tolerant maize intended to benefit small-scale farmers suffering the effects of climate change — is proceeding well and will be harvested imminently, according to scientists overseeing the trial for the Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA) project.

[Dr. Alois Kullaya, technical advisor to the WEMA project in Tanzania, is] confident the added drought gene will perform as intended. However, he cautioned that a definitive conclusion will need to await scientific data produced by the trial.

[The researchers] expect the overall yield to be higher from plants with the drought-tolerant gene than those without the added trait.

https://www.geneticliteracyproject.org/2017/02/17/drought-tolerant-genetically-engineered-maize-poised-help-african-farmers-adapt-changing-climate/

Rich Renomeron

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