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The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation has revealed plans to set up a fund to address financing challenges of researchers in universities and other institutions.<\/p>\n
Sector Minister, Professor Kwabena Frimpong- Boateng, says a bill to that effect is currently being drafted for subsequent passage into law.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have to create a vehicle that will allow this fund to be disbursed. There\u2019s a group working on the STI [Science, Technology and Innovation] bill. With this fund, 1% of the GDP will be part of it,\u201d he hinted.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve always said that the poverty gap is a technology gap, \u201d the Minister added.<\/p>\n
Professor Frimpong- Boateng made the revelation\u00a0during a visit to the Crops Research Institute (CRI) in Kumasi.<\/p>\n
His revelations about the STI bill was in response to an appeal by the Director of CRI,\u00a0Dr.\u00a0Stella Ama\u00a0Ennin\u00a0for the government\u00a0to increase funding for research.<\/p>\n
Government\u2019s 2017 budget allocated 1\u00a0percent\u00a0of the country\u2019s GDP to science research in a bid to encourage more research and innovation.<\/p>\n
Dr. Ama Ennin also wants government to consider the CRI as an integral player in its Planting for Food and Jobs programme.<\/p>\n
She says years of developing improved and good quality seeds adopted in 15 African countries makes the\u00a0institute\u00a0placed to make a contribution to government’s\u00a0flagship agric\u00a0initiative.<\/p>\n
Dr.\u00a0Ama Ennin also urged the Minister to push for a swift passage of the Plant Breeders Bill into law as it can earn the country foreign exchange.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur improved crop seeds are being used for free elsewhere,\u201d she bemoaned.<\/p>\n
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