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Survey on Biotechnology Capacity in Asia-Pacific: Opportunities for National Initiatives and Regional Cooperation
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Survey on Biotechnology Capacity in Asia-Pacific :
Opportunities for National Initiatives and Regional Cooperation A report
Executive Summary
Biotechnology in AP is well established and is advancing to next stages. While the
development is not even and the gap among countries is increasing, there are many
positive trends. Strong support from the states has continued and such support in future is
important. Agricultural biotechnology has become the most widespread application,
industrial biotechnology and medical biotechnology are becoming important sectors in
some countries. There are many positive factors that are in favor of strong and sustained
growth of biotechnology in AP. These include economic growth in AP, well developed
human resources, support from state, growing market, the increasing innovative capacity
of industry, the emphasis on research in basic life sciences in some countries. On the
other hand as not all countries are doing well in biotechnology development, sustaining
the growth would need changes and course corrections in the policies and strategies.
Besides this regional, bilateral and multilateral initiatives in capacity building are
essential for biotechnology to grow further in many countries that lack the indigenous
capacity in many areas including regulating biotechnology.
The biotechnology industry has grown rapidly in the recent years and is diversifying into
new areas. Some countries in AP are capable of harnessing the developments in post
human genome mapping biology. They are adopting many strategies including
developing biotechnology clusters, focusing on niche areas, enhancing human resources
to become competitive in medical biotechnology. While the industry lags behind the
biotechnology industry in USA or Europe, in terms of size and revenue, there is ample
scope for countries and firms to identify sectors/niche areas and develop their capabilities
and competitive advantages in them. Biotechnology can play an important role in socioeconomic development. This is recognized by many countries but development of
strategies to achieve this with specific goals in key sectors like health, agriculture are
found wanting in most countries. Many countries have to strengthen their national
innovation systems and enhance their capacity to translate research into products.
Biosafety is an area in which there is enormous scope for progress. Development of
regulatory regimes in all countries that are using biotechnology is necessary partly to
fulfill obligations under Cartagena Protocol, where it is applicable and partly to ensure
that biotechnology regulation enhances credibility and acceptability of biotechnology.
To sum up biotechnology revolution in AP is well established by now and has entered the
crucial phase now. It can grow further and sustain the momentum if the constraining
factors are eliminated or minimized while the positive factors are supported further and
necessary changes in policies and strategies are made. This report maps the contours and
directions of biotechnology development in AP, identifies the strengths and weaknesses
and suggests measures to be taken the governments, donors, multilateral and UN agencies
and industry to ensure that the AP region benefits most from biotechnology.
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