Zimbabwe: Africa Has Low Uptake of Agric Biotechnology

Africa has a low uptake of biotech food crops due to lack of awareness and stiff resistance, scientists said on Thursday. International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA) AfriCenter director Dr Margaret Karembu told a biotechnology experts meeting that adoption of agricultural biotechnology has lagged behind compared to the rapid rates seen in the medical and health sectors.

"Where are we as Africans? This is the question, we need to think seriously about the good work (on agricultural biotechnology) going on in our labs," she said. "What is our place in the global biotechnology space. We need reclaim it and improve the livelihoods of our farmers across the continent."

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