[ribbon webex] Malawi news on July 15, the daily times, due to poor farmers unable to obtain transgenic cotton and to use cotton production, cotton output this year is expected to Malawi loss 14 billion grams of tile to check ($090 million).

Malawi farmers' union last week in the capital lilongwe "biotechnology policy conference", popularization of genetically modified (gm) to horse farmers planting technology.Malawi cotton per hectare of about 800 kg, apply after new varieties are expected to increase to 4000 kg/ha.According to the current cotton 120 grams per kilogram tile to check the price ($0.8), if the annual output of 60000 tons of cotton, Malawi, sales income of up to 7 billion grams of tile to check ($050 million).

At present, the genetically modified agricultural products already sold in markets around the horse, but are all imported products.Energy and mineral resources and environment minister ma Ma Longjia displeasure with the crop kind of delays in the calling, ministries should enhance coordination, ensure that farmers get the crop species and technology at an early date.Malawi banda, head of the college of agriculture, said the school have genetically modified (gm) technology and in 2009, apply to the horse biological safety supervision committee for field experiment was carried out, but have so far not been approved.