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GM Sorghum: Africa's Golden Rice

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GM & Biosafety

In this paper, we critically analyse the African Biofortified Sorghum (ABS) project, a GM 'poster project' in Africa. We dig beneath the veneer of the project being an "African led solution" to poverty and malnutrition on the continent.

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Marker assisted selection (MAS): Key issues for Africa

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GM & Biosafety

'Marker Assisted Selection' uses molecular markers as tools in a plant or animal breeding programme to select for important agricultural traits, such as nutritional quality, drought tolerance, disease and pest resistance.