Debating the merits of biotech crop adoption in sub-Saharan Africa distributional impacts, climatic variability and pest dynamics
Abstract: The debate on whether genetically engineered (GE) crops can alleviate poverty in Africa continues to intensify. Thus far only one GE crop has been commercialized among smallholders – a pest resistant form of cotton – and only in two sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. We present evidence from Burkina Faso to argue that GE cotton …