Overview
- Biotechnology in Africa summarised by African experts
- Mix of science and policy critiques and recommendations
- Multidisciplinary incorporating elements of economics, agriculture, law and pharmacy
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Science Policy Reports (SCIPOLICY, volume 7)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Commercialized Genetically Modified Crops
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Building the Bio-economy and Commercialization Challenges
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Technologies in Development
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Capacity Development
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Biotechnology and Biosafety Regulation
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Communication and Community Engagement
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About this book
In this book, Florence Wambugu and Daniel Kamanga of Africa Harvest Biotech Foundation International bring together expert African authorities to critique various biotechnology initiatives and project future developments in the field in Africa. For the first time, African voices from multidisciplinary fields as diverse as economics, agriculture, biotechnology, law, politics and academia, demand to be allowed to set the continent’s biotech development agenda. This book argues that there is a great future for biotechnology in Africa which sidesteps western interests that do not match those of the local populace. In these diverse chapters, Africa’s political and scientific leaders demand a greater say in how research and development funds are allocated and spent. They argue that Africa’s political leaders must see both clear benefits and have elbow-room to drive the change required. This is the way that African governments can employ workable policies, suitable biosafety legislation and regulation and respond effectively to public-private partnerships. Wambugu and Kamanga show that biotechnology has the potential to improve food security and standard of living as well as mitigate the detrimental effects of climate change on the African continent.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Biotechnology in Africa
Book Subtitle: Emergence, Initiatives and Future
Editors: Florence Wambugu, Daniel Kamanga
Series Title: Science Policy Reports
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04001-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-04000-4Published: 20 May 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37456-7Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-04001-1Published: 10 May 2014
Series ISSN: 2213-1965
Series E-ISSN: 2213-1973
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 291
Number of Illustrations: 49 illustrations in colour
Topics: Biotechnology, R & D/Technology Policy, Plant Sciences, Agriculture, Environmental Management, Pharmacy