Editorial - GMO Revisited

Abstract

The issue of employing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in agricultural production has been challenged by environmentalists and a host of other ‘green’ groups, popularly known as the NGOs. This NGO war seems to be endless and the governments of many countries are reluctant to go ahead with the release of GMO materials for agricultural production, in spite of the fact that the results achieved from many of the breeding programs using GMOs are based on scientific evidence rather than on inflammatory statement and rhetoric.