Cameroon urged to introduce more biotech crops to maximize agricultural output

By DOH JAMES SONKEY IN YAOUNDE Cameroon currently experiencing biotech cotton has been urged to introduce other biotech crops such as maize, soybeans, cowpea, banana, sorghum etc in other to maximize agricultural output and widen the commercialization of these products to alleviate hunger and poverty. The call was made by the Director of the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA), Prof Margaret Karembu from Kenya as she launched the 2016 Global Status Report on Biotech crops last May 4, 2017 at the Yaoundé Hilton Hotel. ISAAA Director, Prof Margaret Karembu launching the 2017 biotech crops report The…