June 12, 2007
New online resource:
Agri-biotech in sub-Saharan Africa
www.scidev.net/agribiotech/sub-saharan_africa
Read SciDev.Net's latest spotlight on
the current status and future prospects for agricultural
biotechnology in sub-Saharan Africa. The collection includes a
review of the changing attitudes to biotechnology in the region
and facts and figures outlining existing initiatives.
Changing attitudes to biotechnology
www.scidev.net/agribiotech/sub-saharan_africa/biotechnology_attitudes
Facts and figures
www.scidev.net/agribiotech/sub-saharan_africa/facts_and_figures
Key stakeholders also debate
controversial issues including:
how best to achieve unified
regulation in the region
www.scidev.net/agribiotech/sub-saharan_africa/biosafety_regulation
what hopes there are for
establishing a biosafety law in Kenya
www.scidev.net/agribiotech/sub-saharan_africa/kenyan_biosafety_bill
whether Africa is ready for
pharmaceutical crops
www.scidev.net/agribiotech/sub-saharan_africa/pharmaceutical_crops
The spotlight also introduces a
selection of the Internet's most relevant and useful documents
and websites.
For more information on GM and non-GM
advances in agricultural biotechnology visit our agri-biotech
dossier:
www.scidev.net/agribiotech |