[Editor’s note:ย Patricia Nanteza is a science communicator at Uganda’sย National Banana Research Program. The following is excerpted from her letter to the editor of Food Tank in response to this article.]
I was recently sent a link to Food Tankโs storyย [by Doug Gurian-Sherman] entitled, โFood Evolution Documentary Supports GMOs, but Not Scienceโ, and after reading it I felt compelled to respond.
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At the National Banana Research Program (NBRP), we are very excited about the results of our research, โthe plants tested 100% resistant to the diseaseโ โ Dr. Jerome Kubiriba, head of NBRP saysย hereย and I repeat itย here. Doug Gurian-Sherman, I hope you heard that,ย 100 PERCENT RESISTANT. Earlier this year we planted our firstย multi-locationย field trial. And earlier this month Uganda finally voted the National Biosafety Bill of 2012 into law. This law will allow Ugandan farmers to finally grow GM crops in their fields.
Food Evolution is not propaganda. It documents the story of our banana fairly.
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Sir, please, stop mudslinging our continent (Africa) and country (Uganda) and [the] ability [of] (scientists). We are only anย emailย away โ write to us and get the truth from people living and working this truth โ African scientists carrying out this research.
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