Friday, August 08, 2014

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.

See full Article: BBC News - Africa 'missing out on biotech green revolution'