Medical Safety & Global Health
Open Access

Abstract

Understanding Environmental Risk Assessment of GMOs in Africa-The Importance of Regulation and Monitoring

Ademola A Adenle

Controversy surrounding the use of GMOs and a mixed reaction among the scientific community in Africa has raised several questions as to how risk assessment is done. The environmental risk assessment is a critical regulatory process that has to be carried out before GMOs are released to the farmers and consumers. Due to the limited capacity in Africa to carry out risk assessment based on sound scientific evidence, there is urgent need to encourage easily accessible methods of risk assessment in the face of unfriendly precautionary principle in developing countries including Africa.