The case for biotechnology in Africa´s agriculture
The challenge: Food production and poverty reduction remain the primary goals of efforts to advance socio-economic development in Africa and the well-being of its people. The scope for increasing food production through area expansion, the use of agro-chemicals and irrigation is limited. Intensifica...
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
2003
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| author | Alhassan, Walter S. |
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| description | The challenge: Food production and poverty reduction remain the primary goals of efforts to advance socio-economic development in Africa and the well-being of its people. The scope for increasing food production through area expansion, the use of agro-chemicals and irrigation is limited. Intensification of production holds the key for Africa's future. The challenge is to develop technologies for intensifying agriculture for resource-poor farmers that use minimal external inputs in environments that are already bedevilled by so many biotic and abiotic stresses. Modern biotechnology has been identified as the most potent technology for rescuing Africa from the effects of food shortages, just as the 'green revolution' did for the countries of Southeast Asia in the 1970s. |
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| spelling | CGSpace637922019-11-16T18:00:43Z The case for biotechnology in Africa´s agriculture Alhassan, Walter S. The challenge: Food production and poverty reduction remain the primary goals of efforts to advance socio-economic development in Africa and the well-being of its people. The scope for increasing food production through area expansion, the use of agro-chemicals and irrigation is limited. Intensification of production holds the key for Africa's future. The challenge is to develop technologies for intensifying agriculture for resource-poor farmers that use minimal external inputs in environments that are already bedevilled by so many biotic and abiotic stresses. Modern biotechnology has been identified as the most potent technology for rescuing Africa from the effects of food shortages, just as the 'green revolution' did for the countries of Southeast Asia in the 1970s. 2003 2015-03-30T07:08:15Z 2015-03-30T07:08:15Z News Item https://hdl.handle.net/10568/63792 en Limited Access Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation Walter S. Alhassan. 2003. The case for biotechnology in Africa´s agriculture. Knowledge for Development. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands |
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