Ethiopia: Call for Embracing Biotechnology to Meet Growing Nutritional Demand

23 November 2017

By Desta Gebrehiwot

Sub-Saharan countries urged to embrace biotechnology to ensure food security as their population poised to grow sharply. A three-day long regional conference on Agricultural Biotechnological in Sustainable Food System and Nutrition was launched here yesterday.

With millions of people mostly children facing food insecurity due to famine, drought and other climate related causes in the African continent, over 60 percent of malnourished people live in Eastern Africa, says Ministry of Agriculture Dr. Eyasu Abreha. Accordingly, he said biotechnology is one of the ways to improve agricultural production. There are instances that tissue culture, one of the most important biotechnologies, has improved food and nutrition security in many areas.

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