State targets 0.5m acres under GMO seeds next year

Biotech maize growing at a research station. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Farmers will get access to genetically modified seeds next year as the country moves to commercialise biotechnology foods with half a million acres expected to be put under the crop cover in March-May rainy season.

Eliud Kireger, the director-general of the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (Kalro) said the agency will be releasing certified GMO seeds to farmers during the long rains planting season.

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