Zimbabwe: Delegates Underscore Need for Uniform Policies

23 September 2004

Harare — DELEGATES at the just ended African Session of the African Policy Dialogues on Biotechnology have stressed the need for the continent to come up with a consensus on the issue of biotechnology and biosafety to ensure the introduction of uniform policies.

The challenges posed by modern technology range from ethical concerns emerging from the use of the technology to manipulate and transform nature, to concerns about potential human health, environmental and socio-economic risks.

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