African scientists have solved the problem with CRISPR, the groundbreaking gene editing technique that has revolutionized biology laboratories in recent years. Kenya, Nigeria and Malawi have approved since 2022 that plants edited withCRISPR be considered like any conventional variety.

Uganda and Ethiopia are in the process of doing the same. Regardless of what the European Union stipulates, African and Asian countries will use genetic editing more and more, because they have perceived that it will be useful to improve the nutrition of their population and their livestock.