Africa 'missing out on biotech green revolution'
Sub-Saharan Africa's
agricultural sector needs to harvest the fruits of biotechnology in
order to establish sustainable development, says a report.
A key challenge is to attract funding for biotechnology projects on staple crops, such as cassava, it added.
These crops were often ignored by commercial funders because they had a limited market, the authors suggested.
Africa missed out on the previous green revolution that boosted food output in many Asian and Latin American nations.
The report, On Trial: GM Crops in Africa,
published by think tank Chatham House, said: "Increasing agricultural
productivity and adapting farming to climate change are central to
Africa's development prospects."
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