For Biotechnology research to benefit Africa, there has to be centers of excellence, where scientists from across the continent will jointly conduct research that’s beneficial to the African situation.
The proposal?s critics are reading mischief where there is none. They are construing regionalization to mean zoning. I would not be surprised that these are the same people who have messed up the drive to assimilate genetically modified crops into Africa’s agriculture.
Cross-border partnership in biotechnology is critical, if success is to be realized in this field. Prof. Calestous Juma, the chair of this biotechnology panel, has made it very clear that the proposal?s sole mission is to cluster biotech investments in regions where Return on Investment (ROI) will be high. Such biotechnology investments will also be tailored to meeting immediate and/or long-term needs of the regions where they?ll be located.
The proposal is clear that countries would not be denied opportunities to indulge in their own biotechnology investments.
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