Although Kenya has a well-functioning and well-funded agricultural research system, the government has not even permitted field tests of GM crop varieties.
原因之一是这些作物需要依赖包括基因工程在内的分子生物学研究。非洲政府被告知，基因工程是有危险的，欧洲各国政府及非政府组织（如绿色和平组织）大多对此避而远之。