Nigeria: Nigeria must exploit biotechnology potential to tackle food,

A Professor of Microbiology and Biotechnology at the Edo State University (EDSU), Uzairue, Charles Adetunji, has stressed the need for Nigeria to strengthen the study of biotechnology and research activities in the nation’s universities.

He says doing so would help the country to maximise the huge potential inherent in the biotechnology subsector to address many societal challenges such as food and medical insecurity and environmental pollution, among others.

Adetunji, who is the director of…