The biotech machinery has set its sights on cowpea, a crop that is indigenous to Africa, and is intent on introducing genetically modified (GM) cowpea into Africa’s food and agriculture systems. Cowpea, one of the most ancient crops known to humankind, with its centre of origin in Africa, provides the earliest food for millions of Africans during the ‘hungry season’ before cereals mature. It is also a major source of affordable protein. Read report.