Business News of Friday, 17 January 2020Source: Business & Financial TimesB&FT Editorial: GMO debate settled with official government position statedFile PhotoThe Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), in a release issued yesterday, stated that efforts to impose Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) on Ghanaian consumers and farmers came to an end on January, 14 this year (2020). GMOs (genetically modified organisms) are living organisms whose genetic material has been artificially manipulated in a laboratory through genetic engineering, or GE. One of the general difference between GMOs and natural organic crops is that GMO plants are able to resist dying when sprayed excessively with powerful pesticides and herbicides. The WHO has classified several GMO pesticides as possibly / probably carcinogenic to human being, because they cause cancer in lab rats. On Wall Street and in the business world, Smart money follows and invests where visionary leaders like Jeff Bezos invest.

Source: GhanaWeb January 17, 2020 13:18 UTC