the transition towards a global bioeconomy: opportunities and challenges for africa
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Presented by Calestous Juma on 16 March 2011 at the Bio-Innovate launch. Calestous is a Professor of the Practice of International Development and Director of the Science, Technology, and Globalization Project at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He also directs the Agricultural Innovation in Africa Project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.TRANSCRIPT
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THE TRANSITION TOWARDA GLOBAL BIOECONOMY
Opportunities and Challenges for Africa
Calestous Juma
Bio-Innovate Launch, ILRI, Nairobi, 16 March 2011
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THE NEW HARVESTAgricultural Innovation in Africa
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Misplaced optimism
“The book’s sense of optimism appears to be driven less by the changes taking place in rural Africa than by the conversations taking place around Boston, Massachusetts, where the author is based.”
-- Gouglas Gollin, Science, Vol. 332, March 11.
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A biosciences future“[T]he author suggests that with greater investments in human capacity, ‘[b]ioinformatics could do for Africa what computer software did for India.’ Perhaps this is true, as a statement of remote possibility. But given the current state of biological research in sub-Saharan Africa—and the distance by which the region lags behind China, India, and other countries—it seems farfetched.”
-- Gouglas Gollin, Science, Vol. 332, March 11.
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Infrastructure for mobility and connectivity
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Technical education, engineering
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Business incubation
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2003 300,000,000
2007 1,000,000
2008 60,000
2012 1,000
2020 100
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Mobile communication
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Broadband
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2828
EassyInternational submarine cable
Malawi
SeacomInternational submarine cable
88.68
48P
83.5448P
71.12
48P
79.30
48P
104.1648P
78.5348P
109.65
48P
123.
35
24P
Zambia
91.65
48P
88.17
24P
74.5
648
P
111.
9948
P
110.9624P
140.23km
48P
54.98
24P
23.92
24P
134.
9448
P
99.44
48P
108.7948P
66.72
48P
81.54km
48P 143.4048P
116.33
24P
34.56
48P
RwandaUganda
肯尼亚肯尼亚Kenya
Burundi
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4 Ducts
3 Ducts
1 DuctElectr
ogaz
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Productivity
*100 breadfruit trees/ha (20 t/ha fresh fruit)
Crop Yields (t/ha) dry weight
Breadfruit* 6.0
Corn 4.0
Rice 4.1
Wheat 2.6
Cassava 10.0
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Protein content: flour
Range 1.8 - 7.6 %
Banana, cassava 2.8%
Sweet potato 3.6%
Rice 7.1
%
Corn 8 -
11%Courtesy: AMP Jones, UBC Okanagan
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Governing innovation
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Executive leadership
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Regional integration
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Coordinated action
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Expert advice
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Science and technology diplomacy
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Risk perception and management
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