Cuban biotechnology has much to talk about recently. Released information about clinical trials conducted in a vaccine against AIDS, getting another one for hepatitis B and various achievements in biomedicine recombinant island have put the country on the map of scientific innovation. However, the impact around the agricultural sector is little discussed, despite having also great advances that have affected local and international level. Cuban biotechnology has much to talk about recently. Released information about clinical trials conducted in a vaccine against AIDS, getting another one for hepatitis B and various achievements in biomedicine recombinant island have put the country on the map of scientific innovation. However, the impact around the agricultural sector is little discussed, despite having also great advances that have affected local and international level. regard, the former technical secretary of the National Agricultural Biotechnology Cuba, Dr. Maria Cristina Perez Peñaranda, said in an interview that the development of the Cuban countryside has been achieved in part by scientific advances in biotechnology, ranging from fertilizers and pesticides home breeding or biological to advanced techniques in the micropropagation of plants of agricultural interest. "Biotechnology can help a lot to our country, since they will have experts ready and has an integration of the various fields of science and social actors are immersed in the issues that concerns this branch, "she explained.
In this context, referred to Cuban research in biotechnology are approved by a committee tester, which assesses, among other factors, whether there is a niche market worldwide for the proposed development. "So do not call the science and technology programs, but science and innovation, because they are projects that we know we can patent and make a profit for the country field. In addition, biotechnology products for the domestic market are free, and export is the way in which our investment is recovered scientific. "
Peñaranda Perez said another reason that has driven the development of biotechnology exponentially over the past two decades on the island is the entrenched culture linked with scientists, helping to optimize resources to projects. Indeed, they have managed to combine at the Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology various branches of the area (animal, plant and care), because they understand that each can complement the other and thus extrapolate the results. Also formed a scientific center in the city of Havana, where up to eight instances related to the accelerated development biotechnology.
As for the impact that this branch of knowledge for farmers, Cuba, the researcher said that they have found the benefit to the production of biotech seeds, noting that currently the country has a comprehensive management program biological media related to fertilization and pest control.
Finally, he acknowledged that while the infrastructure is somewhat limited, the strength of Cuban biotechnology holds in its human resources, which are formed in different lines of research related to biotechnology, and are considered as priorities for the country. "In the first year of college youth are subjects related to the subject, but from the second science student groups are formed, while research institutes working in the training of teachers and doctors, "he said.
By Héctor de la Peña
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