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...World Food Program recently signed an agreement with the Zambian government to provide thousands of tons of wheat to the starving citizens of Zambia. Controversy over the introduction of genetically modified (GM) crops into the Zambian agricultural sector had previously delayed the distribution of GM food aid to drought-stricken Zambia. The Zambian government’s first priority must be to preserve its citizens’ lives by distributing food to combat the African nation’s growing famine. In spite of concerns that GM food aid may harm the Zambian agricultural economy in the future...
Zambia’s economy depends on grain exports, most of which go to Europe. Currently, Zambia cultivates non-GM varieties of grain. If GM crops were planted in Zambia, cross-fertilization among crop strains would almost certainly cause Zambian grain harvests to contain at least some GM kernels. The presence of genetically altered grain in the nation’s harvest would prevent any Zambian grain from being shipped to European countries because of import bans on GM food, thus depriving Zambia of its principal export market and seriously damaging the long-term health of the Zambian agricultural economy...
Former U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Zambia, and Venezuela, Jeffrey Davidow will lead a study group on the future of U.S.-Mexico relations...
...poor and experiencing severe food shortages, but we aren't ready to expose our people to ill-defined risks." LEVY MWANAWASA, President of Zambia, refusing U.S. food aid because the grain is genetically modified...
Drought Severe food shortages caused by two years of drought may kill as many as 300,000 people in southern Africa in the next six months, according to the U.N. Countries hardest hit include Malawi, Zambia, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Swaziland and Mozambique...