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My name is Henry Lutaaya. I am a journalist from Uganda.

Though I respect the need for evidence-based decision making, I take exception to Adrian Dubock's view (Message 4) on disregarding public opinion. Although Uganda is yet to produce transgenic crops, banana and cassava being in the pipeline, our scientists say that many products have been rejected, as in not being adopted, because they don't suit people's taste - whichever way you define taste. In Uganda's case, biotech varieties that taste differently from ordinary varieties were not adopted by farmers. So public opinion is important.

Henry Lutaaya
The Sunrise Newspaper
Kampala
Uganda
Tel. +256752863156
e-mail: henrylutaaya (at) googlemail.com

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