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Amid a Heated U.S.-EU Clash On Biotech, Africa Goes Hungry Tinkering With Banana Genes Could Save Ugandan Staple, but the Seeds Stay in a Lab

So it's a national emergency when disease and pests devastate this staple crop. "It's terrible," said farmer Moses Kato while wandering through a thicket of banana plants in Magoggo, a village north of the capital of Kampala. Many of the big floppy leaves have been rendered yellow and brown by an airborne fungus called Black Sigatoka, denying the bananas the photosynthetic energy they need to grow. "A solution to the disease should be a top priority," he said. "There should be no delay."