Africa needs streamlined regulation to support the deployment of GM crops

Howard J Atkinson; Hugh Roderick; Leena Tripathi

doi:10.1016/j.tibtech.2015.06.005

Africa needs streamlined regulation to support the deployment of GM crops

Trends Biotechnol. 2015 Aug;33(8):433-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2015.06.005.

Authors

Howard J Atkinson¹, Hugh Roderick², Leena Tripathi³

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Plant Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK. Electronic address: h.j.atkinson@leeds.ac.uk.
² Centre for Plant Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
³ International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Nairobi, Kenya.

PMID: 26194465
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2015.06.005

Abstract

Future food security in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) requires enhancement of its crop production. Transgenic crops with a poverty focus can enhance harvests and are available for staples such as cooking bananas and plantains. One constraint is optimisation of national biosafety processes to support rapid and safe uptake of such beneficial crops.

Keywords: Africa; biosafety; genetic modification; regulation.

MeSH terms

Africa
Agriculture / legislation & jurisprudence*
Crops, Agricultural*
Food Supply
Humans
Plants, Genetically Modified*

Grants and funding

BB/F004001/1/BB_/Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom