In order to promote socioeconomic growth, certain Ghanaian specialists who took part in the recent United Nations Biodiversity Conference in Montreal, Canada, advocated giving science and technology priority.
The coordinator of the African Union's High-Level Panel on Emerging Technologies, Dr. Justina Dugbazah, claims that because technology is developing so quickly throughout the world, Africa cannot afford to fall behind.
"Emerging socio-economic development is really supported by the harnessing of innovation and emerging technology. Harnessing innovations plays a significant role in all development subsectors, including agriculture, health, and education, she told Joy News in an interview.
"When discussing agriculture, it is possible to bring up drones that assist in determining the soil's fertility, water content, and other factors. In relation to crops, one can also consider biotechnology.
Dr. Dugbazah continued, "It's absolutely necessary for African countries to be part in negotiations on such matters that are essential to the development of the countries.
Across the continent, she noted, there is a substantial gap between research and policy that has to be closed.
"The gap in research, innovation, and policy must be closed. And only if we interact with one another in the ecosystem will this happen, she added.
The Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity discussed the steps that the world has to take to safeguard the environment and prevent instances in which living beings are exterminated as a result of human development activities.
Additionally, it functioned as the fourth gathering of the Conference of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol (CP-MOP 4) and the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CP-MOP 10). (NP-MOP 4).
Governments from all around the globe gathered during the summit in December to agree on a new set of objectives that would direct global action through 2030 to prevent and reverse nature loss.
One significant technology that can aid in environmental protection, according to Dr. Daniel Osei Ofosu, a Research Scientist at the Biotechnology and Nuclear Agricultural Research Institute (BNARI) of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC), is biotechnology or genetically modified organisms (GMO) technology.
In essence, we're seeking for cutting-edge instruments to aid in environmental protection. We can't keep focusing exclusively on the common tools we all possess. The destruction of virgin forests and the necessity to advance farming techniques are two major contributors to biodiversity loss, he noted.
We can grow the greatest foods on relatively little land thanks to methods like biotechnology, which lessens the need to clear additional land.
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