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Kenya: Feed millers push for GMO imports to cut rising costs

Published Oct 26, 2021

Tridge summary

The Association of Kenya Feed Manufacturers is advocating for the importation of genetically modified yellow maize and soya beans to decrease the high production costs, which have led to increased consumer food prices. This proposal follows President Uhuru Kenyatta's directive to the ministry to explore measures to reduce the high cost of feed. The manufacturers had previously requested permission to import genetically modified raw materials for feed processing, but the government had denied the request due to the 2012 ban on GMO imports. The industry is currently facing a shortage of crucial ingredients for animal feed, and the recent suspension of exports from Zambia has further increased costs, resulting in higher prices for animal feed products.
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Animal feed manufacturers now want the Agriculture ministry to consider the importation of genetically modified yellow maize and soya beans to address the high production costs that have driven up consumer food prices. Their plea follows a directive President Uhuru Kenyatta issued last week to the ministry to look into possible interventions that will lower the high cost of feed. The millers had in August urged the government to allow them to import the organically modified organisms (GMO) raw material for the processing of feeds. However, the State declined to allow it, citing the existing ban on importation of GMOs to Kenya that was put in place in 2012. “The most appropriate intervention is to allow the importation of GMO yellow maize and soya beans, this is what the ministry should have in mind as they meet to discuss the solution,” said the Association of Kenya Feed Manufacturers. Agriculture PS Hamadi Boga told the Business Daily in an interview that the best measure to ...
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