Egypt was the first North African country to approve genetically engineered (GE) corn. However an aggressive media campaign led to a decree issued by a former Minister of Agriculture in March 2012 to suspend the planting and commercialization of the yellow corn variety Ajeeb-YG, Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt. So for more than two years now, the cultivation and commercialization of genetically engineered crops in Egypt has been on hold.
