Zimbabwe’s Biotech Expo: A call to drive biotech through policy

Sifelani Tsiko, Fact Check Editor

Government has been urged to establish an appropriate legal and regulatory framework to help accelerate the development of the country’s biotechnology ecosystem, a top biotechnology expert has said.

In her keynote address, Professor Idah Sithole Niang, a University of Zimbabwe Faculty of Science dean told participants at the opening of the country’s first Biotechnology Expo that having appropriate legal and regulatory frameworks under the Zimbabwe’s National Biotechnology Policy, established in 2005, could help address a lack of clear rules, improve efficiency, and ensure accountability.

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