Ethiopia has progressively embraced genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in agriculture over the past decade. In 2015, the country amended its stringent 2009 biosafety law to permit the commercial cultivation of Bt cotton and to initiate confined field trials for GM maize and enset (a staple crop also known as false banana).
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