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The Ethiopian government has fully accepted the adaptation of the bio-tech for a bump up for agricultural productivity. By now there are many agricultural research centres both at federal and regional level.
Hence, expanding scientific methods in farming can facilitate the efficient production of crop with high productivity capacity thereby enabling the supply of labour to the non-farming sector which supports economic diversification.
Biotech critics say that imported bio-tech seeds, if patented, could allow advanced countries impose their interest on developing countries’ small scale farmers.
Pro-bio-tech lobbyists argue that, scientists in Africa can independently research bio-tech and can make African farmers free from dependency on technology from abroad.
In this regard, they cite the experience of Kenyan scientists. They are advancing in bio-technology and utilizing it and they have gained a lot.
In this regard Burkinafaso and Sudan can be mentioned as an example. They are trying to meet their cotton demand for their local textile industries by redoubling their cotton productivity with bio-technology.
However, side by side with the application of biotechnology, taking care of the negative aspect of the utilization must be considered and all countries have to agree to abide by the ratified law. Ethiopia has her own bio-safety law. The law clearly indicates how to import, transport, apply and dispose used biotechnology.
The law underlines that violating rules poses legal liability. Negligence and carelessness might inflict heavy price on environment and human health at large, but the proper utilization of biotechnology has a power to revolutionize the nation’s agricultural endeavour.
Hence, supporting Ethiopian biotech scientists is not a task to be deferred for tomorrow.
Source: geneticliteracyproject.org
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