Food is scarce in [Domboshava]…
Weather changes, including harsher winters and shorter rainy seasons, have compromised the earth’s soil so that it cannot sustain crops as it once did. The problem is compounded by the fact that the government has since 2006 banned the import of all genetically modified produce and the use of seeds enhanced with genetically modified organisms, known as GMOs.
“We are not picky when it comes to receiving GMO or non-GMO food,” [Spiwe] Mucharanji, [the home mother at the Tariro Orphanage Trust,] says. “The situation is unbearable.”
Rates of food insecurity have risen rapidly in recent years, with an increase from 1.5 million people (16 percent of the population) …ย according to initial May 2015 estimates, to 2.8 million people (30 percent of the population) …ย according to later estimates for that same point in time, according to the Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee’s July 2016 report.
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But for many Zimbabweans, the [legality of GMOs] isn’t worth discussing when they’re struggling to find any food at all.
“You walk into the shop and choose what to buy based on affordability,” says Robin Maenzanise, who is unemployed.
Most people don’t know the difference between GMO and non-GMO products, he says. They’re just struggling to feed their families.
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion, and analysis. Read full, original post:ย Despite Rise in Hunger, Zimbabwe Continues Ban on Some Genetically Modified Products
