Biotechnology in animal agriculture and poverty alleviation: An NGO perspective
Biotechnology has only limited potential to alleviate poverty in rural Africa because it does not address the main reasons for poverty such as weak infrastructure, bad governance and unfavourable terms of trade. Looking at the main characteristics of the predominantly small-scale animal farming in...
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| author | Bayer, W. Wanyama, J. |
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| description | Biotechnology has only limited potential to alleviate poverty in rural Africa because it does not
address the main reasons for poverty such as weak infrastructure, bad governance and unfavourable terms of trade. Looking at the main characteristics of the predominantly small-scale animal farming in Africa, the potentials and limitations for biotechnological applications in food processing, forage improvement, animal breeding and animal health are discussed. Indigenous biotechnology under the control of livestock farmers can be beneficial, whereas—with the exception of some animal health technologies—large-scale and ‘high-tech’ applications of biotechnology have shown little potential to alleviate poverty. Indeed, these applications can have the opposite effect. Rather than pouring an undue amount of human and financial resources into further refinement of advanced biotechnology, African livestock researchers should develop their own research agenda that addresses the real problems of small-scale livestock keepers and poverty alleviation. |
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| spelling | CGSpace47712022-02-18T12:43:48Z Biotechnology in animal agriculture and poverty alleviation: An NGO perspective Bayer, W. Wanyama, J. biotechnology animal breeding Biotechnology has only limited potential to alleviate poverty in rural Africa because it does not address the main reasons for poverty such as weak infrastructure, bad governance and unfavourable terms of trade. Looking at the main characteristics of the predominantly small-scale animal farming in Africa, the potentials and limitations for biotechnological applications in food processing, forage improvement, animal breeding and animal health are discussed. Indigenous biotechnology under the control of livestock farmers can be beneficial, whereas—with the exception of some animal health technologies—large-scale and ‘high-tech’ applications of biotechnology have shown little potential to alleviate poverty. Indeed, these applications can have the opposite effect. Rather than pouring an undue amount of human and financial resources into further refinement of advanced biotechnology, African livestock researchers should develop their own research agenda that addresses the real problems of small-scale livestock keepers and poverty alleviation. 2006 2011-08-14T12:04:33Z 2011-08-14T12:04:33Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/4771 en Open Access TSAP and ILRI Bayer, W. and Wanyama, J. 2006. Biotechnology in animal agriculture and poverty alleviation: An NGO perspective. In: Rege, J.E.O.; Nyamu, A.M.; Sendalo, D. (eds.). 2006. The role of biotechnology in animal agriculture to address poverty in Africa: Opportunities and challenges. Proceedings of the 4th All Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture and the 31st annual meeting of Tanzania Society for Animal Production, Arusha, Tanzania, 20–24 September 2005. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: TSAP and Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI. |
| spellingShingle | biotechnology animal breeding Bayer, W. Wanyama, J. Biotechnology in animal agriculture and poverty alleviation: An NGO perspective |
| title | Biotechnology in animal agriculture and poverty alleviation: An NGO perspective |
| title_full | Biotechnology in animal agriculture and poverty alleviation: An NGO perspective |
| title_fullStr | Biotechnology in animal agriculture and poverty alleviation: An NGO perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biotechnology in animal agriculture and poverty alleviation: An NGO perspective |
| title_short | Biotechnology in animal agriculture and poverty alleviation: An NGO perspective |
| title_sort | biotechnology in animal agriculture and poverty alleviation an ngo perspective |
| topic | biotechnology animal breeding |
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