Developing Countries Need Tools to Monitor Biotech
June 5, 2008| |
The use and prevalence of biotechnology in agriculture will increase along with the desire for biosafety measures. Hence more resources are needed for biosafety and biotechnology monitoring programs in developing countries. This was a point raised by a report entitled “Internationally Funded Training in Biosafety and Biotechnology – Is it Bridging the Biotech Divide” from the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies. The report aims to provide "a neutral, independent and objective assessment of the various internationally funded training programmes for biosafety and biotechnology, especially to the extent that it is necessary for biosafety, in the developing world".
The report noted however, that over the last 15 years only $135 million has been invested in developing countries to develop monitoring skills for biotechnology. More than 100 are incapable of managing organisms created through biotechnology, including experimental and commercial crops and many just adopt bans as a result.
Read the press release at http://www.ias.unu.edu/sub_page.aspx?catID=111&ddlID=673 and instructions to download the full report.
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