Agricultural Biotechnology in Sub-Saharan Africa Capacity, Enabling Environment and Applications in Crops, Livestock, Forestry and Aquaculture

Rege, John Edward Otieno and Sones, Keith

Agricultural Biotechnology in Sub-Saharan Africa Capacity, Enabling Environment and Applications in Crops, Livestock, Forestry and Aquaculture

dc.contributor.author	Rege, John Edward Otieno and Sones, Keith
dc.date.accessioned	2024-01-22T12:05:28Z
dc.date.available	2022-06-30T12:23:31Z
dc.date.available	2024-01-22T12:05:28Z
dc.date.issued	2022
dc.description.abstract	Sub-Saharan African countries were categorized with regard to their capacity for agricultural biotechnology research and application, including human capacities, institutions and facilities, operational budgets and existence of facilitating networks. For the crop and livestock sectors combined, no countries were categorized as having ‘very high’ capacity; only South Africa was categorized as ‘high’; and three countries, Ethiopia, Kenya and Nigeria, were categorized as ‘medium’. All other SSA countries were categorized as having ‘low’ or ‘very low’ capacity. Capacity was generally higher for crops than for livestock. For the crop sector, South Africa was categorized as ‘very high’; Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe as ‘high’; and Botswana, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, DRC, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Senegal, Eswatini and Zambia as ‘medium’ capacity. For livestock, South Africa was ‘high’ and Kenya and Nigeria ‘medium’. Strong links to international partners, such as hosting a CGIAR centre, tended to be associated with higher capacity.
dc.identifier.isbn	ISBN 978-3-031-04348-2
dc.identifier.issn	978-3-031-04349-9
dc.identifier.uri	https://repo.pacuniversity.ac.ke/handle/123456789/3552.2
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Springer	en_US
dc.subject	Sub Saharan African Countries	en_US
dc.subject	Agricultural Biotechnology Research	en_US
dc.subject	Crops	en_US
dc.subject	Livestock	en_US
dc.subject	Human Capacities	en_US
dc.subject	Facilities Network	en_US
dc.subject	operating Budget	en_US
dc.title	Agricultural Biotechnology in Sub-Saharan Africa Capacity, Enabling Environment and Applications in Crops, Livestock, Forestry and Aquaculture	en_US
dc.type	Book chapter	en_US