GMO Free News: Burkina Faso cotton output soars 57.5 pct due to GMOs -producers

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Burkina Faso cotton output soars 57.5 pct due to GMOs -producers | Reuters

Burkina Faso cotton output soars 57.5 pct due to GMOs -producers | Reuters

Cotton production in Burkina Faso, one of the first countries in Africa to approve genetically modified cotton, jumped 57.5 percent in 2012-2013 due to an increase in GMO crops, the producers' association said.

Output for the year to end-January 2013 rose to 630,000 tonnes from 400,000 tonnes in 2011/2012 and exceeded the association's expectations for 532,000 tonnes, the Burkina National Cotton Producers' Union (UNPCB) said on Thursday.

Burkina Faso, which relies on cotton as one of its major exports, approved the planting of Monsanto's Bt cotton GMO variety in 2008.

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