Uganda Scientists Voice Need for Single Policy on Biotech
August 29, 2008| |
The executive secretary of the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology, Dr. Peter Ndebere, voiced the call of Ugandan scientists for the East African Community to adopt a single policy for genetically modified (GM) products.
“Our countries have similar challenges. Having the same policy for GMs will help improve our farming as well as fight household famine and poverty,” Ndebere said. A single biotechnology policy will likewise help the Government decide whether or not to approve commercialization of GM products.
Dr. Roshan Abdullah, a scientist from the East African Community-Arusha, said that while East African countries were in the process of drafting policies on biotech only Kenya and Tanzania are at an advance stage.
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