Amidst the clamor that surrounds Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) globally, a small but significant triumph panned out in South Africa last month. The country’s Agriculture Minister, Thoko Didiza, upheld the decision by the Executive Council to reject American agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology corporation, Monsanto’s request for the commercial cultivation of its allegedly drought-tolerant MON87460 x … Continue reading South Africa’s Agriculture Minister Rejects Monsanto’s GM Maize Seed