There is confusion among many Kenyans as to whether it was wise for the government to lift the ban on Genetically Modified Organisms-GMO.
For a country that is annually plagued by food insecurity occasioned by among other factors, drought which has exposed millions of Kenyans to hunger each year, the myth held by many is that GMOs are dangerous to human health and Agricultural sustenance.
A survey conducted in December 2021 by ‘Route to Food’, a Nairobi-based food security pressure group, found that 57% of Kenyans are not willing to consume genetically modified food.
However, experts and scientists feel there is much more to benefit from GMOs than the perceived dangers.
According to John Muoma, an Associate Professor of Plant Biotechnology at the Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology-MMUST, GMO crops are as good as any traditional crop seeing as the research in the field has undergone a tremendous revolution.
