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Warea Orapa says that tilapia fish — hailed as a method of controlling mosquitoes — can cause damage when introduced into new ecosysems.

Africa must decide itself about genetically modified foods, no matter what pro- and anti-groups think, says John Daly.

The lengthy process of creating Kenyan biosafety laws has allowed time for education and preparation, says Rachel Shibalira.

Camille Gonsalves argues that far from proving problematic, Bt cotton has been a financial and environmental boon for Indian farmers.

Anna Vézina and Richard Markham argue that GM bananas are still inadequate to fight bacterial wilt disease, and should not override other solution

Nagib Nassar says the size of cassava roots can be easily increased without resorting to genetic modification.

Nagib Nassar argues that the potential risks of genetically modified crops mean they are incompatible with sustainable farming.

Ranjana Smetacek says that safety tests carried out on GM cotton before its approval in India were more rigorous than a recent study implied.

Paul Geerders suggests that North-South partnerships could help encourage developing countries to share their biodiversity information.

Teresa Anderson argues that recent figures suggesting that genetically modified crops are being taken up twice as fast in developing as in developed countries are not accurate.