Governance of biotechnology in Africa: the challenge of reconciling interdependencies and differences

Mugwagwa, Julius and Makinde, Diran (2012). Governance of biotechnology in Africa: the challenge of reconciling interdependencies and differences. Asian Biotechnology and Development Review, 14(3) pp. 71–84.

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Abstract

The article argues that an informed understanding of the
differences and interdependencies among different stakeholders within the biotechnology and biosafety arena is a key issue in the unpacking of challenges facing development and implementation of biosafety systems in Africa. Advocating for a move beyond rhetoric, the article calls for a more nuanced and context-driven approach to biosafety as an avenue for raising chances of success for policy processes and making best use of available resources. Failure to adequately define and delimit the interests and concerns of various stakeholders, and embedding them within a science-based assessment of biosafety brings more harm than good to efforts by countries to develop and implement biosafety systems.

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• Item ORO ID
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• Item Type
• Journal Item
• ISSN
• 0972-7566
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• Funded Project Name	Project ID	Funding Body
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• Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Social Sciences and Global Studies > Development
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Social Sciences and Global Studies
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
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  Institute for Innovation Generation in the Life Sciences (Innogen)
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• Julius Mugwagwa