Lawrence Tsimese works for the Agricultural Reform Movement in Ghana, educating both farmers and urban dwellers about the dangers of pesticides and biotechnology and the benefits of organic agriculture. He has spoken widely at conferences in the United States on these issues.

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From Zambia to Ghana, African countries have very different attitudes to the application of biotechnology to food production. In a context of systemic inequality, the process raises key issues of good governance and global justice as well as science. Can the new technology be used to address poverty and advance sustainability, or will it be a means of increasing global corporate control?