Tagwireyi Julia
Ministry of Finance and Economic Development in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Food Nutr Bull. 2002 Dec;23(4):358-9. doi: 10.1177/156482650202300407.
The successful efforts in the 1980s to redress nutrition problems in sub-Saharan Africa are being eroded. Countries in eastern and southern Africa are now facing serious food shortages because of recurrent droughts, floods, civil wars, and the concomitant growing poverty. The potential for biotechnology to alleviate hunger holds promise if the new technology can be adapted to the prevailing sociocultural context in Africa. Agronomists and biotechnologists need to work together to ensure that the biotechnology agenda for Africa is responsive to the food and nutrition needs of its people.
20世纪80年代在撒哈拉以南非洲解决营养问题的成功努力正在受到侵蚀。东部和南部非洲国家目前正面临严重的粮食短缺，原因是旱灾、洪灾、内战频发，以及随之而来的贫困加剧。如果新技术能够适应当前非洲的社会文化环境，生物技术缓解饥饿的潜力有望实现。农学家和生物技术专家需要共同努力，确保非洲的生物技术议程能够满足其人民的粮食和营养需求。
