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Florence Wambugu Quotes

born 1953 Kenya

Florence Muringi Wambugu (born 23 August , 1953 in Nyeri County) is a Kenyan plant pathologist and virologist. She is known for her advocacy of using biotechnology to increase food production in Africa.

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It’s unsustainable to depend on imports. A country depending on imported food cannot grow.

Then increase mechanisation in ploughing and processing the harvests. For instance, instead of farmers doing manual shelling of groundnuts, they use a machine.

It is time for Africa to begin thinking and operating as a stakeholder, rather than accepting the ‘victim mentality’ created by opponents of biotechnology. The priority of Africa must be to food its people and to sustain agricultural production and the environment.

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