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Forum => Kenya Discussion => Topic started by: RV Pundit on October 07, 2022, 10:06:45 AM

Title: Ethiopia wheat production jump to 2.5M metric tonnes - to export to Kenya
Post by: RV Pundit on October 07, 2022, 10:06:45 AM
Meanwhile we are stuck with importing. Yet farmers can produce wheat after planting maize - the three months would be good period to grow wheat.

Title: Re: Ethiopia wheat production jump to 2.5M metric tonnes - to export to Kenya
Post by: Kadudu on October 07, 2022, 10:36:24 AM
GMO wheat? :o

Quote from: RV Pundit on October 07, 2022, 10:06:45 AM
Meanwhile we are stuck with importing. Yet farmers can produce wheat after planting maize - the three months would be good period to grow wheat.
Title: Re: Ethiopia wheat production jump to 2.5M metric tonnes - to export to Kenya
Post by: RV Pundit on October 07, 2022, 12:38:21 PM
Yes Dkt Ruto is keen on embracing biotechnology.
Quote from: Kadudu on October 07, 2022, 10:36:24 AM
GMO wheat? :o
Title: Re: Ethiopia wheat production jump to 2.5M metric tonnes - to export to Kenya
Post by: RV Kirgit on October 07, 2022, 05:26:51 PM
Who's going to buy Kenyan GMO when most countries have rejected it. Russia is currently the largest producer of non-GMO wheat, and Ethiopia might go the same route.

GMO is DOA. Has nothing to do with food security. We are setting ourselves to be vulnerable to USA food sunctions...
Title: Re: Ethiopia wheat production jump to 2.5M metric tonnes - to export to Kenya
Post by: sema on October 07, 2022, 05:38:24 PM
The problem with introducing GMO in Africa is that African countries are pretty much lawless.  So, I can't see Europeans allowing imports from African countries that embrace GMO because they don't know what's going to be in their food source. It might help starving Africans, but I doubt Europe will allow imports (they're much more strict when it comes to their food than Americans are) which is why Europeans are much healthier than americans.

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In December 2018, the USDA published its National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (the USDA Standard)opens in a new tab, which requires food manufacturers to disclose the presence of bioengineered (BE) ingredients by January 1, 2022.

The USDA Standard only requires the disclosure of BE or GMO ingredients if there is “detectable genetic material” in the finished product. This means that ingredients that have been refined, such as sugars and oils, may not require BE or GMO disclosure even if they were derived from a GMO source. In addition, new technologies and products are continually emerging, and there are varying terms and definitions for GMO from scientific communities and governmental agencies.

At Whole Foods Market, in addition to suppliers complying with the USDA Standard, we require that all non-GMO label claims be third-party verified or certified.

https://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/quality-standards/gmo-labeling