The Nigerian government, in January 2024, approved the commercialisation of transgenic insect-resistant and drought-tolerant maize varieties, known as TELA maize.
However, Rhodes-Vivour, in his reaction to the report, said, “My position on this is we must preserve our food sovereignty. Now, our food sovereignty comes from having our smallholder farms, being able to plant seeds, save some of those seeds from their harvest, and replant again in the next season. Now, GMO takes that away because you have to buy seeds every year from these multinationals, and these seeds are price-based of dollars, right?
