BY Environment News Uganda Correspondent.
Farmers in northern Ghana are calling on their government to
speed up the commercialization of genetically modified (GM) crops in the
country.
During a media briefing in Tamale, representatives of farmer
groups under the coalition of Concerned Farmers of the Northern Region
expressed their concern about the continuous decline of cotton and cowpea
production in that part of the country.
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| Good Harvest , farmers in Ghana believes that once they commence farming Bt cotton their harvest will also Improve |
Farmers attribute
such decline to repeated pest attacks and are confident that GM crops will help
them deal with such problems. The coalition includes the Northern Farmers
Association, Juni Farmers Association, Northern Livestock Farmers Association,
and the Northern Out growers and
Business Association.
The coalition has released a press statement delivered by
conveners Ibrahim Alhassan of the Juni Farmers Association and Nasiru Adams of
the Northern Farmers Association. In their statement, the farmers said that
"biotechnology as a scientific tool is not a killer, but one that is used
to modify seeds genetically for our good.
It provides efficient solutions, to
the problems we the farmers of Ghana face in our daily operations in crop and
other production activities.
"To the government of Ghana, we say act now and facilitate
the commercialization of GM variety seeds especially cowpea and rice. Let the
farmers have the GM variety alongside the conventional seeds, we are simply
demanding for our right of choice." Farmers said in Statement
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