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ISAAA report: Biotech Crops in Africa - The Final Frontier
Nairobi, Kenya
September 2009
 by Karembu, M., F. Nguthi and H. Ismail
The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) AfriCenter
CONTENTS
- Background
- Introduction
- Why biotechnology?
- Recent developments on the African agricultural scene
- Signs of change: The advent of agricultural biotechnology in Africa
- Political support for biotechnology in Africa
- Biotechnology policy initiatives in Africa
- Progress in biotechnology research and development in Africa
- Commercialisation of biotech crops in Africa
- South Africa
- Burkina Faso
- Egypt
- Progress in the development of regulatory and biosafety regimes in Africa
- Regional biosafety initiatives in Africa
- Investments in human and infrastructural capacity on biotechnology in Africa
- Public awareness and participation in biotech
- Conclusion
- References
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