The Soya Value Chain Association of Ghana (SVCAG) is calling on the Chief of Staff and the Minister of Food and Agriculture to engage with Parliament to promulgate laws to protect the value chain and Ghana as a whole, against the commercialisation of Genetically Modified Foods (GMO) soyabeans in Ghana.
The Soya Value Chain Association of Ghana is calling on the Chief of Staff and the Minister of Food and Agriculture to engage with Parliament to promulgate laws to protect the value chain and Ghana as a whole, against the commercialisation of Genetically Modified Foods soyabeans in Ghana .
Their call followed a publication by the United States Department of Agriculture on the Global Agriculture Information Network with the heading,"Ghana National Biosafety Authority ", on March 20, 2024, urging the government to commercialise cultivation of GMO soybean seeds. Mr Bello further emphasised the need for improvement of land preparation, irrigation, mechanisation, access to finance, inputs and services as well as warehousing.There was a problem processing your submission. Please try again later.
The Executive Secretary for the SVCAG, Mr Yaw Afrifa, said the government's acceptance for commercialisation of GMO soybean would not only affect the socio-economic growth, but risk the country's biodiversity conservation due to increase use of chemicals for weeds and pest control.
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