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scientist 70: the biotechnologist – biosciences for Africa BFA (2014)

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A Cambridge project seeks to improve farming practices in Africa by sharing advances in biotechnology. They’re called Biosciences for Farming in Africa (www.b4fa.org). Chris Creese meets one of their founders Dr David Bennett. There’s a ‘demonstration farm’ in Cambridge called the National Institute of Agricultural Botany Innovation Farm, Lawrence Weaver Road, off Huntingdon Road. See www.innovationfarm.co.uk

22/03/2014 Tagged 105science, b4fa, biology, Chris Creese, environment, Roger Frost

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