j) Professor Sir Brian Heap (Director of the Biosciences for Farming in Africa Programme; Advisor, ‘Smart Villages’ project; Fellow of the Royal Academy; Former Master of St Edmunds’ College, Cambridge; Former President of the European Academies Science Advisory Council)
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| Description: | Biosciences for Farming in Africa; Smart Villages Entrepreneurship |
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| Created: | 2014-11-11 17:12 | ||||||
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| Collection: | Cambridge-Africa Day 2014 | ||||||
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge | ||||||
| Copyright: | Cambridge-Africa Programme | ||||||
| Language: | eng (English) | ||||||
| Keywords: | Africa; Biosciences for Farming in Africa; B4FA; Journalism; Agriculture; Smart Villages; | ||||||
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| Abstract: | Two active projects will be summarised concerned with technology and entrepreneurship in African countries.
The first project which started in 2011 - Biosciences for Farming in Africa (www.B4FA.org) is directed towards the implementation of impressive scientific advances in food security where the need is greatest. No single solution will solve this problem but the new genetic technologies of plant breeding developed during the last few years promise to help increase agricultural production and save people from hunger in a sustainable manner. Two scholarly booklets linked to a dedicated website with videos (B4FA.org) synthesize information in a balanced, accessible and affordable form for a wide-ranging audience in Africa. The web site acts as a portal for accurate and accessible information about plant genetics and biosciences, and it is used to circulate a widely-read “Week in Review” African newsletter and a very active social media presence. A Media Fellowship Programme on GM crops and the new genetics of plant breeding attracted 160 journalists and editors in Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda and Tanzania. It has proved an overwhelming success, in terms of both outputs and outcomes, generating more than 1000 journalists’ pieces in 2 years and we believe that the activities are well on the way to achieving lasting impacts. |
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