International Online Report (Reporter Li Peng): In South Africa this year, corn as a major food crop in Africa has achieved a bumper harvest, but farmers have made a mistake, on the one hand because of the large price drop in corn and on the other hand However, few people are interested in corn. This year, South Africa’s corn production has reached 13 million tons. Excluding domestic demand, there is still a surplus of 4 million tons. The large corn harvest not only depresses prices, but may also lead to the bankruptcy of 10,000 South African farmers. Correspondingly, according to the WFP forecast, South Africa’s neighboring countries Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi still have a total of 2.5 million people in need of food aid this year. However, due to concerns about the safety of genetically modified corn, these countries have refused to import corn from South Africa.

In the 1990s, South Africa began to grow large areas of genetically modified crops. At present, 57% of South Africa's national corn is genetically modified. Because South African farmers are used to mixing ordinary corn and genetically modified corn into cornmeal in the mill, grain importers treat South Africa's corn as genetically modified corn. However, at present, most African countries ban the import of genetically modified foods. First, they worry that GM foods may harm human health. At the same time, they are intended to prevent the introduction of genetically modified corn as seeds, destroy traditional corn species, and cause damage to other plant genes, thus affecting food security and ecology in the country. balance. In addition, if GM corn is used as feed, it will threaten the southern African countries' export market for European beef, because Europeans have long been sceptical about the safety of genetically modified foods.

In fact, in most African countries, it is not just the government that has concerns about genetically modified foods. In the private sector, many ordinary people are also guilty. In Kenya in April this year, local environmentalists initiated an action to ban the export of genetically modified food imported from South Africa. In Zimbabwe, although millions of people need food assistance each year, from the government to the people, they never compromise on the issue of importing or receiving genetically modified foods.

In this situation, South African farmers can only hope for the government and find new buyers for their corn. (This article Source: International Online)

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