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Why Africa needs agricultural biotech

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There is urgent need for the development and use of agricultural biotechnology in Africa to help to counter famine, environmental degradation and poverty. Africa must enthusiastically join the biotechnology revolution.

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  1. director of the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA AfriCenter), Regional African Office, PO Box 25171, Nairobi, Kenya

    Florence Wambugu

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Wambugu, F. Why Africa needs agricultural biotech. Nature 400, 15–16 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/21771

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