I-Ethiopia ivumele ngokusemthethweni ukuthi kuhlolwe amazambane e-GM okuthiwa awakwazi ukumelana nomkhuhlane ophuzile, kubika Ingosi ye-Agropages.com.
Ukugunyazwa kwe-Ejensi Yokuvikela Imvelo yase-Ethiopia emasontweni ambalwa edlule kunikeza i-Ethiopian Institute for Agricultural Research (EIAR) imvume yokutshala amazambane endaweni elinganiselwe yokuhlola.
I-Ethiopia isebenzisa uhlelo lokumisa ukukhiqizwa kwezitshalo ze-GM ezidalwe ngokuhlelwa kofuzo, uhlobo lokuguqulwa kofuzo olukhawulelwe ngokuqinile e-EU. Khona manjalo, i-United States Agency for International Development (USAID) kanye ne-International Potato Centre (CIP) bakhangisa amazambane abumbene e-Afrika.
Izambane elikwazi ukumelana nokubola kwakamuva eliguqulwe ngofuzo lakhiwe yi-BASF yamakhemikhali enkulu kunazo zonke yaseJalimane.
Izambane leGM seliphenduke ukudla kwesithathu kweGM ukuthi kuvunyelwe ukukhiqizwa kwezentengiso e-Ethiopia.
Isihloko sezitshalo ze-GM siphikisana kakhulu. Abanye ochwepheshe babheka izitshalo ezinezakhi zofuzo ezishintshile njengekhambi lenkinga yokudla esongela isintu. Abanye ochwepheshe ababuzi kuphela ikhono lemikhiqizo enjalo ukuxazulula inkinga yendlala, kodwa futhi nokuphepha kokudla ama-GMO.