Tanzania Forum to Facilitate Local Debate on Agricultural Biotechnology
Speaking during the launch of the Open Forum for Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB) Tanzania Chapter, Director General of Tanzania’s Commission for Science and Technology, Dr. Hassan Mshinda, said “a lack of proper information on the opportunities offered by biotechnology has resulted in a slow adoption of various agro-technologies that can help the country feed its citizens.”
This is one more step toward bringing the debate on agricultural biotechnology closer to those who are most affected by biotechnology. Tanzania, like many African countries, faces a decreasing level of agricultural productivity caused by frequent droughts, poor crop varieties and livestock breeds, diseases, and a low technological base.
it seems that with the fast growth of human population in earth,we have to look for much more advanced ways to increase the food supply to meet the growing demand.biotechnology is the answer on that,i urge all my fellow citizens of humanity to embrace it so that we can generate crops which can produce a susutainable ammount of fod to certisfy us all