Low food production capacity in developing countries, particularly in Africa is one of the major contributing factor for hunger and food price crisis. Above all, inadequate research informed policies for agricultural growth deepen the hunger and food price crisis. There is policy gap to support biofood technology in African countries that not only reduces capacity to produce adequate food but also has contributed to the current food price crisis. While 800 million people are food insecure (Andersen and Cohen), many African governments do not have biotechnology policies or have resisted the adoption of biotechnology for food production. Overcoming hunger and food price crisis in Africa requires multiple actions including dedicated policy direction for biotechnology and assistance programs for small farmers.

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