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2006-12-18 | permalink
Only 3-5 fully capable biotechnology centres in Pakistan
An international organisation has found find only three to five centres in Pakistan, out of total 28 claiming to be involved in biotechnology, capable of doing DNA recombination research of genetically modified crops. “The government of Pakistan continues to envision biotechnology as high priority area and has funded more than one billion rupees ($16.7 million) on research and development in this sector through various ministries and Higher Education Commission (HEC),” said an Agricultural Biotechnology Report 2006 for Pakistan issued by the United States Department of Agriculture. “Out of 28 centres claiming to be involved in biotechnology only a few (3-5) are capable of doing DNA recombination research of genetically modified crops.”
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2006-12-18 | permalink
Only 3-5 fully capable biotechnology centres in Pakistan
An international organisation has found find only three to five centres in Pakistan, out of total 28 claiming to be involved in biotechnology, capable of doing DNA recombination research of genetically modified crops. “The government of Pakistan continues to envision biotechnology as high priority area and has funded more than one billion rupees ($16.7 million) on research and development in this sector through various ministries and Higher Education Commission (HEC),” said an Agricultural Biotechnology Report 2006 for Pakistan issued by the United States Department of Agriculture. “Out of 28 centres claiming to be involved in biotechnology only a few (3-5) are capable of doing DNA recombination research of genetically modified crops.”
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