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Viewpoint: Uganda's 'mistrust of science' threatens local farming innovation and economic growth


A worker prepares Nabe 15 seeds for packing, in the Gulu district of northern Uganda. Credit: Georgina Smith/CIAT
This article or excerpt is included in the GLP’s daily curated selection of ideologically diverse news, opinion and analysis of biotechnology innovation.
Uganda is merely watching as other countries embrace technologies such as biotechnology that are transforming agriculture and earning them huge economic benefits.
Our government through the National Agricultural Research Organisation (Naro) is conducting research aimed at overcoming pests and diseases that are wiping out crops such as banana, cassava, sweet potato, Irish potato among others. 

Naro has achieved some success and has come up with crop varieties that are either tolerant or resistant to such challenges as drought stress and disease.  ....

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Mistrust of science will cripple culture


Daily Monitor
Saturday April 03 2021
Summary
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Our long delay to take advantage of technologies aimed at improvements proven to overcome farming challenges such as drought stress, pest and disease epidemics, and malnutrition, could be the major drawback crippling the progress towards national economic development. 
Uganda is merely watching as other countries embrace technologies such as biotechnology that are transforming agriculture and earning them huge economic benefits.
Our government through the National Agricultural Research Organisation (Naro) is conducting research aimed at overcoming pests and diseases that are wiping out crops such as banana, cassava, sweet potato, Irish potato among others. 
Naro is also doing research on some crops to overcome drought stress and malnutrition through biotechnology.  Our cotton production lags behind due to pests that have been overcome in other countries including neighbouring Kenya which is a ....

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