Malawi Uganda Kenya Burkina Faso Ghana Mozambique Swaziland Nigeria Ethiopia Sudan Tanzania South Africa Africa Biotech/GM Research and Commercialisation Status by 2017 Cameroon 12 CROPS 13 COUNTRIES 14 TRAITS Countries with on-going trials Countries with commercialized GM crops and on-going trials KEY Cowpea Sorghum (ABS) Rice Cassava Maize Cotton Gypsophila flower Sweet potato Potato Banana Soy bean Banana plantain
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Malawi
Uganda
Kenya
Burkina Faso
Ghana
Mozambique
Swaziland
Nigeria
Ethiopia
Sudan
Tanzania
South Africa
Africa Biotech/GM Research and Commercialisation Status by 2017
Cameroon
12 CROPS 13 COUNTRIES 14 TRAITS
Countries with on-going trials
Countries with commercialized GM crops and on-going trials
KEY
Cowpea
Sorghum (ABS)
RiceCassava
MaizeCotton
Gypsophila flower
Sweet potato
Potato
Banana
Soy beanBanana plantain
Malawi
Uganda
Kenya
Burkina Faso
Ghana Mozambique
Swaziland
Nigeria
Ethiopia
Sudan
Tanzania
South Africa
CROP TRAITS UNDER VARIOUS STAGES OF RESEARCH IN AFRICA BY 2017
Cowpea Insect resistant to Maruca pest
Sorghum (ABS)
Biofortification
Rice Nitrogen use ,Water efficiency and salt tolerant (NUWEST) Rice
Maize
Insect resistance Bt + Herbicide tolerant Ht corn
Cotton Insect resistance
Cassava Delayed postharvest starch deterioration
Cotton
Cotton
Rice Nitrogen Use Efficiency/Water Use Efficiency and Salt Tolerance
Cowpea Insect resistance to maruca pest
Cowpea Insect resistance to maruca pest
Cameroon
Cotton Stacked insect resistance and herbicide tolerance
Maize Drought tolerance: Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA)