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We, the Alliance for Science Uganda Global Leadership fellows, wanted to take the genetic engineering (GE) conversation to the actual beneficiaries—the farmers. . .
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During the workshop many things became apparent, including:
- Most people do not believe there is a difference between a hybrid/crossbred seed and a GMO. . . .
- “If GM is good, why it has it received such bad and long beating world-over?”. . .
- Most people who are anti-GMO are so because of ignorance. Once we told them the GM truth, they all reacted the same way: “I did not know!”
- . . .“If we consume imported foods containing GMOs, why cannot we grow them?” I hope our legislators can find an appropriate answer to this question, which will be legalizing the commercialization of GM crops in Uganda.
- Palatability or foods retaining their “natural” taste ranks as high up as disease and pest resistance. . . .
At the end of the workshop, we had answered people’s questions and quieted their fears; in turn we had made allies of them. . . .
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