04 Mar 2011South Africa's genetically modified crop area for the 2010/11 season rose 6% but perceptions make it hard for other African countries to adopt the practice, the deputy agriculture minister said on Thursday.
South Africa, the world's seventh-largest producer of GM crops but Africa's biggest, has seen a rapid increase in gene-altered crop output since it started growing GM farm produce in 1998.
But despite the need for more food, some African countries including Zimbabwe and Zambia have banned GMO imports, fearing they could be harmful to humans and animals.
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