Scientific Innovation for a Sustainable Development of African Agriculture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14817126 |
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| Authors | Marc Heijde (0000-0002-8109-8999, Ghent University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2019-12-17 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | AVRUG-bulletin/Afrika Focus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0772-0793 • E-ISSN: 0772-084X |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.21825/af.v32i2.15711 |
| OpenAlex | W2997986345 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
The African continent has considerable potential to reap the benefits associated with modern agricultural biotechnology. Plant biotechnology and breeding represent an invaluable toolbox to face the challenges of African agriculture, such as food and nutrition security, environment protection, soil fertility, and crop adaptation to new climatic conditions. As Africa has only relatively recently adopted agricultural biotechnology, it has the opportunity to harness the immense knowledge gathered over the last two decades while avoiding some of the difficulties experienced by early adopters. High-level research and education systems together with a specific regulatory framework are critical elements in the development of sustainable biotechnology-based agriculture and industry. The more actors that are involved in Research & Development applied to nutritionally and important local crops, the faster Africa will generate its future African innovators. Here, we discuss the contribution of plant biotechnology to a transformative African agriculture that combines intensification of land productivity and environmental sustainability. KEY WORDS: PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY, AFRICA, YIELD POTENTIAL, NUTRITION SECURITY, ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION
Agricultural biotechnology · Agricultural economics · Agriculture · Agroforestry · Biology · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental planning · Food security · Geography · Natural resource economics · Productivity · Sociology · Sustainability · Sustainable agriculture · Sustainable development · Toolbox · Transformative learning · CRISPR and Genetic Engineering · Engineering · Genetically Modified Organisms Research · Transgenic Plants and Applications · Biotechnology · Ecology
| Highly cited | No |
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