Kenya Students Have Low Biotech Awareness
July 31, 2009| |
Participants to a Symposium on Social Change at the University of Nairobi, Kenya on July 22, 2009 showed that people want to know more about biotechnology. Of 79 people who responded to a survey questionnaire provided by the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) AfriCenter, about 68 percent knew "a little" about biotechnology. All of them had heard about the technology but were skeptical about its safety.
Respondents revealed that their opinion about biotechnology was based on what they read in newspapers and seen and heard over television. However, an expert on the field was perceived to be most trustworthy followed by mass media, agricultural ministry officials, and university staff. Respondents wanted to know more about the technology and related developments and concerns.
In the symposium Dr. Margaret Karembu, director of ISAAA AfriCenter, gave an introduction to biotechnology and the existing as well as potential applications of genetically modified crops.
For details about the symposium email Brigitte Bitta of ISAAA AfriCenter at b.bitta@isaaa.org.
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