An ongoing campaign to persuade Kenyan farmers to grow genetically modified...crops...is bankrolled by giant biotechnology multinationals...investigations by The EastAfrican have revealed...Take the case of a three-year experiment...to develop virus-resistant sweet potatoes. Funded by...Monsanto, the project was hailed...as having offered hope for “hungry Africa”...But in a report in..2004, the Daily Nation revealed that the project was a flop...Monsanto Kenya Ltd has meanwhile denied bankrolling the drafting of the Biosafety Bill...However, small-scale Kenyan farmers have expressed suspicions that the ongoing campaign...is a subtle scheme by giant multinationals to get them “hooked” to the latter’s seeds and anti-pest chemicals...[also refers to Syngenta]