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The SCA sided with the African Centre for Biodiversity’s claims of insufficient environmental assessment, disregarding that MON87460 has already passed rigorous safety evaluations in multiple countries. (Photo by Pia Bayer/picture alliance via Getty Images)

How judicial overreach blocks progress in South African agriculture

By rejecting Bayer’s drought-tolerant maize, the SCA has denied farmers access to a proven technology

  • Des Erasmus
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