Ethiopia yalola mwalamulo kuyesa kumunda kwa mbatata za GM zomwe akuti sizingagwirizane ndi choyipitsa mochedwa, malipoti Agropages.com portal.
Chivomerezo chochokera ku Ethiopian Environmental Protection Agency masabata angapo apitawo chimapereka chilolezo kwa bungwe la Ethiopian Institute for Agricultural Research (EIAR) kuti libzale mbatata pamalo oyeserera ochepa.
Ethiopia ikugwiritsa ntchito dongosolo loletsa kupanga mbewu za GM zomwe zidapangidwa kudzera mukusintha ma gene, mtundu wa kusintha kwa chibadwa komwe kuli koletsedwa mu EU. Nthawi yomweyo mabungwe a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) ndi International Potato Center (CIP) akulimbikitsa mbatata za GM mu Africa.
Mbatata yomwe idasinthidwa mochedwa ndi choyipitsa idapangidwa ndi vuto lalikulu kwambiri ku Germany la BASF.
Mbatata ya GM yakhala chakudya chachitatu cha GM chololedwa kupanga malonda ku Ethiopia.
Mutu wa mbewu za GM ukutsutsana kwambiri. Akatswiri ena amaona kuti zomera zokhala ndi majini osinthidwa ndi njira yothetsera vuto la chakudya lomwe likuwopseza anthu. Akatswiri ena amakayikira luso la zinthu zoterezi kuthetsa vuto la njala, komanso chitetezo cha kudya ma GMO.