What do you need to know about GMO foods in Nigeria? Is it safe? What
are pros and cons of GMO foods? Find out useful facts in this article
and save your health!
What do Nigerians know about GMO foods? A small study was conducted
only seven years ago among Nigerian scientists. According to its
results, there was low awareness about GMOs amongst participants.
However, everything has changed. Awareness of GMOs has grown with the
internet connectivity and the explosion of social media in Nigeria.
Interesting to know that, resentment and resistance also have grown.
GMO cons
Opponents of GMOs in Nigeria think that GMOs have
plenty disadvantages. There are many reasons why Nigeria should not
support genetic engineering of food.
First of all, it is damage that GMO plants and agricultural practices have caused to biodiversity.
Secondly, it is the dependency on foreign companies that is created.
Thirdly, they say about potential negative health consequences of consuming GM food.
Fourthly,
they call GMOs “the Monsanto Poison.” Monsanto’s role in the creation
of Agent Orange is another reason for the mistrust of the GMO initiative
in Nigeria. GMO critics say Monsanto’s Agent Orange was used in
targeting food crops as part of a starvation campaign, destroying an
estimated 10 million hectares of agricultural land.
In addition,
conspiracy theorists are sure that GMO initiative is part of a grand
scheme to depopulate the developing world. In a National Security
Memorandum obtained from the U.S. National Archives, Dr. Henry Kissinger
wrote: “Depopulation should be the highest priority of U.S. foreign
policy towards the Third World”.
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