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Walter Alhassan

Walter S. Alhassan was director of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Ghana, and is now a consultant. He has researched the uses of biotechnology in West and Central African countries Agrobiotechnology Application in West and Central Africa (2002) for the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria.

Recent articles


GM: Africa's opportunity

The marketing and developing of GM crops across Africa is intensely controversial. But in an interview with Sophie Jeffreys and Ian Christie of openDemocracy, Walter Alhassan argues that African farmers have little to fear from biotechnology when it is correctly monitored, and much to gain.