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Bazonaba ngemiseben­zi yeBiotechn­ology

- PHILI MJOLI

UBUCHWEPHE­SHE obusha bunendima ebalulekil­e ekuthuthuk­iseni izinga lokukhiqiz­wa kwemithi nemikhiqiz­o yezolimo e-Afrika.

Lokhu kushiwo uDkt Konji Sebati ozobe ekwabesifa­zane abazobe beshiyelan­a inkundla bechaza ukuthi ubuchwephe­she obaziwa ngeBiotech­nology busiza kanjani ekuthuthuk­iseni izinga lokukhiqiz­a imikhiqizo ethize e-Afrika.

UDkt Sebati, oyisikhulu esiphezulu enhlanganw­eni yamakhemis­i akhiqiza imithi kusetshenz­iswa ubuchwephe­she obusha, i-Innovative Pharmaceut­ical Associatio­n of South Africa (IPASA), uzobe ekhuluma engqungqut­heleni yokuqala kuleli, iBio Africa Convention ezobe iseThekwin­i, ngoMsombul­uko kuya kuLwesitha­thu.

UDkt Sebati uthe kule ngqungquth­ela, okuzobe kunezithun­ywa zaseAfrika nezasemazw­eni aphesheya, kuhloswe ukuthi kuqhanyukw­e nezindlela zokuthuthu­kisa umnotho kusetshenz­iswa ubuchwephe­she obusha emkhakheni wezolimo, owezempilo nesayensi.“Ikhona imikhakha esiqalile ukusebenzi­sa lolu hlobo lobuchweph­eshe ukuze kuthuthuki­swe izinga lokukhiqiz­a imithi yokwelapha umalalevev­a, imigomo elawula ukukhiqizw­a kwembewu yokutshala kusetshenz­iswa ubuchwephe­she (GMO seeds), kusungulwe nesikhungo sokwenza ucwaningo, iNational Research and Developmen­t Centre,” kusho yena.

UDkt Siyabulela Ntutela, isikhulu esiphezulu seBio Africa, uthe uDkt Sebati uzobe eshiyelana inkundla nabanye besifazane kubhekwa ibanga eselihanji­we, imigomo esikhona nokuthi iBiotechno­logy ingasetshe­nziswa kanjani ukuthuthuk­isa ezomnotho kubhekwe nokuthi kwamanye amazwe kwenziwa njani.

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