Firm seeks nod to sell GMO cotton

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A worker prepares a field for planting of the Bt Cotton in Kisumu during the trial phase in 2018. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Kenya is only a step away from genetically modified cotton commercialisation after bio tech firm, Bayer East Africa, applied for its release in 24 counties.

In its application to the National Environment Management Authority(Nema), the Nairobi-based company says adopting the high yielding and disease resistant BT Cotton varieties will re-ignite cotton farming and its entire value chain.

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