Experts urge Africa to promote biotechnology to spur agricultural development


By UnreguserYang Zhen
  • World
  • Wednesday, 04 Nov 2020

NAIROBI, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- African agricultural experts have called on governments, development agencies and regional economic communities to integrate biotechnology into the continent's agricultural development.

The experts also urged governments to strengthen and harmonize biotechnology policies and biosafety regulations to create an enabling environment for biotechnology development in Africa.

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