A Chinese farmer dries corn outside of Qingdao, 14 Oct. 2009.
China has approved its 1st strain of GM rice, which is locally-
developed, for commercial production. China has also approved
its first GM corn. "Africa—From Basket Case to Breadbasket" Op-
Ed, New Agriculturalist Author: Calestous Juma, Professor of the
Practice of International Development; Director, Science,
Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator,
Agricultural Innovation in Africa Calestous Juma, Professor of
the Practice of International Development and Director of the
Agricultural Innovation Project at Harvard Kennedy School, is
optimistic about economic prospects in his native continent of
Africa. In his new book, The New Harvest: Agricultural
Innovation in Africa, launched in January 2011, he states very
clearly that Africa is a continent that can feed itself within a
generation. For readers of New Agriculturist he outlines why,
despite the challenges of ever increasing population and climate
change, he thinks Africa wil