Agricultural Biotechnology In Sub Saharan Africa

Author : John Edward Otieno Rege,Keith Sones
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783031043499

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Agricultural Biotechnology in Sub-Saharan Africa by John Edward Otieno Rege,Keith Sones Pdf

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the application level for various agricultural biotechnologies across Sub-Saharan Africa. The authors examine the capacity available as well as the enabling environment, including policy and investments, for facilitating agricultural biotechnology development and use in the region. For each Sub-Saharan country, the status of biotechnology application is assessed in four major sectors; Crops, Livestock, Forestry and Aquaculture. Examples such as the number and requisite skill levels of trained personnel, biosafety frameworks and public awareness are surfaced in these chapters. This work also discusses the impact of push-pull factors on research, training and food security and identifies opportunities for investment in biotechnology and local agribusiness. Development partners, policy makers, agricultural consultants as well as scientists and private sector investors with an interest in biotechnology initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa will find this collection an important account to identify key gaps in capacity and policy, as well as priority areas going forward. The volume highlights ways to develop technology and increase agricultural production capacity through international cooperation and inclusive economic growth, making it a valuable practice guide in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, in particular SDG 2 Zero Hunger and SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth. Clear case studies round off the reading experience.

Author : Norman Clark,John Mugabe,James Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015064888418

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Governing Agricultural Biotechnology in Africa by Norman Clark,John Mugabe,James Smith Pdf

Author : John Mugabe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
ISBN : STANFORD:36105113418110

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Biotechnology in Sub-Saharan Africa by John Mugabe Pdf

Author : Norman Clark
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Agricultural biotechnology
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132793444

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Biotechnology Policy in Africa by Norman Clark Pdf

Author : Stephen Dadzie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Biotechnology
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110819724

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Biotechnology in Sub-Saharan Africa by Stephen Dadzie Pdf

Author : John Komen,David Wafula
Publisher : Center For Strategic & International Studies
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442224766

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Trade and Tribulations by John Komen,David Wafula Pdf

Agricultural biotechnology holds great promise in contributing to Africa’s socioeconomic development. This is confirmed by a growing body of literature analyzing the positive economic effects at the farm level, and also for a growing number of farmers in Africa. However, with the exception of Burkina Faso, Egypt, and South Africa, the African countries have been slow adopters of biotechnology crops for cultivation. Trade concerns are often cited in sub-Saharan Africa as a reason for taking a precautionary approach to genetically modified (GM) crop adoption, which may result in forgone benefits for farmers and society at large and have a negative impact on a country’s food security situation. This study aims to evaluate the barriers that the adoption of GM crops by the East African countries poses for their trade with neighboring countries, with their other trade partners in Africa, and with their international trade partners. It is based on a literature review of recent studies analyzing the actual and potential trade implications of adopting GM crops, with a particular focus on the East African countries. This literature review is complemented by an analysis of recent agricultural trade statistics. In addition, the perspectives of key stakeholders and policymakers in East Africa have been included vis-à-vis the trade implications of adopting GM crops.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Committee on a Study of Technologies to Benefit Farmers in Africa and South Asia
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009-02-21
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780309124942

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Emerging Technologies to Benefit Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Committee on a Study of Technologies to Benefit Farmers in Africa and South Asia Pdf

Increased agricultural productivity is a major stepping stone on the path out of poverty in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, but farmers there face tremendous challenges improving production. Poor soil, inefficient water use, and a lack of access to plant breeding resources, nutritious animal feed, high quality seed, and fuel and electricity-combined with some of the most extreme environmental conditions on Earth-have made yields in crop and animal production far lower in these regions than world averages. Emerging Technologies to Benefit Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia identifies sixty emerging technologies with the potential to significantly improve agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Eighteen technologies are recommended for immediate development or further exploration. Scientists from all backgrounds have an opportunity to become involved in bringing these and other technologies to fruition. The opportunities suggested in this book offer new approaches that can synergize with each other and with many other activities to transform agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

Author : Falck-Zepeda, José Benjamin,Gruère, Guillaume P.,Sithole-Niang, Idah
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780896297951

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Genetically modified crops in Africa by Falck-Zepeda, José Benjamin,Gruère, Guillaume P.,Sithole-Niang, Idah Pdf

A variable climate, political instability, and other constraints have limited agricultural development in African countries south of the Sahara. Genetically modified (GM) crops are one tool for enhancing agricultural productivity and food security despite such constraints. Genetically Modified Crops in Africa: Economic and Policy Lessons from Countries South of the Sahara investigates how this tool might be effectively used by evaluating the benefits, costs, and risks for African countries of adopting GM crops. The authors gather together studies on GM crops’ economic effects and impact on trade, how consumers view such crops, and other issues. They find that GM crops have had, on average, a positive economic effect in the nations where they were used and identify future steps for enhancing GM crop adoption’s positive effects. Promising policy initiatives include making biosafety regulations that do not make GM crop development prohibitively expensive, fostering intraregional trade in GM crops, and providing more and better information about GM crops to consumers who might currently be skeptical of them. These and other findings in Genetically Modified Crops in Africa indicate ways biotechnology can contribute to economic development in Africa south of the Sahara.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Biotechnology industries
ISBN : 9988140002

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SABIMA by Anonim Pdf

Project on Strengthening Capacity for Safe Biotechnology Management in Sub-Saharan Africa (SABIMA) is a project of the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA). Strengthening of the human and institutional capacity of African research organizations should be the foundation on which a sound agricultural biotechnology is built. Agricultural biotechnology is advancing at a furious rate in developed countries, while West and Central African countries still lag far behind in development, use and commercialization of products developed with the help of biotechnology. Many countries in the region agree that the deployment of genetic engineering tools has great potential in reducing the need for expanding on land for cultivation of crops; that such tools enhance yields, and, hence, they constitute part of the solution to a more secure agricultural future in the region. However, the capacity for safe biotechnology management is lacking in most of the countries of the region.

Author : Thomas S. Jayne
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1590333446

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Perspectives on Agricultural Transformation by Thomas S. Jayne Pdf

Perspectives on Agricultural Transformation - A View From Africa

Author : International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science, and Technology for Development (Project)
Publisher : Agriculture at a Crossroads
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132264842

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Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) Report by International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science, and Technology for Development (Project) Pdf

The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science, and Technology for Development (IAASTD) looks realistically at how we could effectively use agriculture/AKST to help us meet development and sustainability goals. An unprecedented three-year collaborative effort, the IAASTD involved more than 400 authors in 110 countries and cost more than $11 million. It reports on the advances and setbacks of the past fifty years and offers options for the next fifty years. The results of the project are contained in seven reports: a Global Report, five regional Sub-Global Assessments, and a Synthesis Report. The Global Report gives the key findings of the Assessment, and the five Sub-Global Assessments address regional challenges. The volumes present options for action. All of the reports have been extensively peer-reviewed by governments and experts and all have been approved by a panel of participating governments. The Sub-Global Assessments all utilize a similar and consistent framework: examining and reporting on the impacts of AKST on hunger, poverty, nutrition, human health, and environmental/social sustainability. The five Sub-Global Assessments cover the following regions: Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) East and South Asia and the Pacific (ESAP) Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) North America and Europe (NAE) Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)

Author : Calestous Juma,Ismail Serageldin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Africa
ISBN : CORNELL:31924104470129

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Freedom to Innovate by Calestous Juma,Ismail Serageldin Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Biotechnology
ISBN : LCCN:2013441267

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Status of Biotechnology and Biosafety in Sub-Saharan Africa by Anonim Pdf

Author : Steven Were Omamo,Klaus von Grebmer
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780896297371

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Biotechnology, Agriculture, and Food Security in Southern Africa by Steven Were Omamo,Klaus von Grebmer Pdf

This book brings together experts from within and outside Africa to discuss the current status of biotechnology in southern Africa, the conceptual framework for multistakeholder dialogues, the political and ethical issues surrounding biotechnology, food safety and consumer issues, biosafety, intellectual property rights, and trade involving genetically modified foods.

Author : Victor Konde
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Agricultural biotechnology
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131962586

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The Biotechnology Revolution and Its Implication for Food Security in Africa by Victor Konde Pdf