The Plan of National Document for Biotechnology Development of Iran Will Be Presented
The Plan of National Document for Biotechnology Development of Iran Will Be Presented
According to the public relations and information center of the Vice-Presidency for science and technology affairs, it was expressed on the 101st meeting of the council meeting of the steering committee of comprehensive map of science societies that establishment of the biotechnology development headquarter was previously approved in the supreme council for cultural revolution and it is necessary to have a multi-sectoral document for development of this area.
According to this report, after several counseling and special meetings, the document with 12 articles, six strategies and 42 national actions was presented to council members. After that, some areas about the totality of the document were presented and the document was assessed and confirmed in terms of the quantitative goals, confirming that the document must be slightly more realistic since there is not a long time to 1404 vision and complete implementation of the document.
Another issue confirmed in the document was earning 3% of the global market, realization of which requires powerful movements and many actions. It was aimed to make the necessary modifications in the document.
Transgenic products were another topic of the meeting, which was an important section of the event since there is lack of consensus in this regard. In addition, some measures are presented to be taken in the national document of biotechnology development in the section of export of transgenic products due to excessive import.
It was decided in this meeting that another document must exist for genetic resources to empower the genetic resource dimension of this document.
In addition, it was emphasized in this meeting that offside and defensive axes must be considerably equipped since genome is important in the country and must be preserved. According to the national document of biotechnology development, division of labor must occur in the dimensions of research, production and defense.
On the 101st meeting of the council of comprehensive map of science societies steering committee, it is expressed that the issue of biological ethics must be seriously considered and emphasized due to many concerns about this issue.
The totality of the document with all modifications are summarized in the pre-draft and it was decided that after applying the modifications, the final document be concluded in the next meeting.
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