Ugandan Scientists Start Research on GM Cotton

Scientists led by Tom Areke, director of the National Semi Arid Resources Research Institute (NaSARRI) in Soroti, Uganda, have begun to do research on genetically modified cotton to help revive cotton production. The research team has already prepared an acre of land for the field trial.

NaSARRI and another center in Mubuku, Western Uganda are the two research centers chosen to carry out the trial. The National Agricultural Research Organization in conjunction with the Program for Biosafety Systems is training the farm managers from the two centers who will manage the research work.

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