AFRICA GM TEXTILES FEATURE – MALI, SOUTH AFRICA, EGYPT
May 1st, 2006
BY STEVEN SWINDELLS, in Johannesburg
SUB-SAHARAN Africa's biggest cotton producer Mali is mulling GM cotton trials, a development which could open up cheap cotton supplies for the textile and clothing trade.
But resistance from local farmers to high seed costs and tough times for existing GM cotton growers in South Africa - the only African country where GM is commercially grown - may mean that Africa's potential as a key supplier is still some way off.
GM cotton could allow African farmers to increase their yields, improve efficiencies and reduce their costs ...
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