As development donors invest hundreds of millions of dollars into improved crops designed
to alleviate poverty and hunger, Africa has emerged as the final frontier in the global debate …

Resistance evolution by target pests threatens the sustainability of Bt maize in Africa where
insect resistance management (IRM) strategies are faced by unique challenges. The …

Brazil and South Africa, countries with economies in transition, are characterized by a dual
agrarian structure co-occurring, sometimes, alongside in the same region. Large-scale …

Small-scale subsistence farmers in South Africa have been introduced to genetically
modified (GM) crops for more than a decade. Little is known about i) the extent of transgene …

Gene flow in agricultural crops is important for risk assessment of genetically modified (GM)
crops, particularly in countries with a large informal agricultural sector of subsistence …

Controversy regarding use of genetically modified (GM) foods still persists in both
developing and developed worlds. Proponents of genetically engineered foods argue this is …

In Africa, the target pests of genetically modified Bt maize are lepidopteran stem borers,
notably Busseola fusca (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Gene flow between Bt maize hybrids and …

Post-release monitoring of transgenic Bt maize fields for resistant pest populations is an
important activity that will contribute to early identification and mitigation of resistance …

Abstract Busseola fusca (Fuller)(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), a major insect pest of maize in
sub-Saharan Africa, has developed high levels of non-recessive resistance to Cry1Ab toxin …

Advice and technical information from extension services are critical in promoting new
technologies and their adoption by farmers. This study determined extension personnel's …