Uganda: Politicians to lead farmer outreach on GMO
By Lominda Afedraru; Alliance for Science; October 23, 2018 Ugandan scientists are accelerating their outreach to lawmakers to make them aware of improved crops like disease-resistant cassava, which farmers cannot grow until the nation adopts a biosafety law. Cassava, a staple food crop for residents of Eastern and Northern Uganda, has been plagued by cassava…