Abstract: . . .  1 Science, Technology and Globalization Project Agricultural Biotechnology for Development – socioeconomic issues and institutional challenges* Belfer Center STPP Kennedy School of Government Adding value to agriculture through biotechnology : Priority setting process in West and Central Africa Marcel Nwalozie 1 , Paco Sereme, Harold Roy-Macauley and Walter Alhassan West & Central African Council for Agricultural Research . . .
. . .  Wet Coastal zone, and the Wet Sub Tropical Central zone, referred to as the Wet Central Zone. Further prioritization of crop commodities was, therefore, made by zone. On this basis, scores from 1 to 5 were attributed per crop and per zone, with 1 being the most important value. In the case of animals, however, prioritization was based on animal products rather than animal species. This approach took into account the organization of the professional sectors within the context of the agro-industry sector, capable of supporting and making . . .
. . .  ranking priority crops/animals and the most important problems associated with their production, is shown in Appendix 1. The commodity/constraint rankings are meant to be used by the CORAF-BBP to determine priority targets for the application of biotechnology research in agriculture , to ensure that research is demand-driven and that the research results will be used to solve real problems in the sub-region. This process, which included the identification of priorities and opportunities to adapt existing research from the international community, . . .
. . .  strategy of the CORAF-BBP is based on three main principles namely, demand-driven priority setting, a strong focus on product development and delivery involving South- South and North-South collaboration, and a dual, complementary approach to supporting these activities through a combination of a competitive grants system (CGS) and commissioned projects. The anticipated products range from urgently needed new crop varieties and crop propagation methods to novel diagnostic kits for the detection of animal or plant diseases, new vaccines and  . . .
. . .  this process, which depends totally on respondents, has been demonstrated by the fact that the priorities tend to evolve depending on the stakeholder group that is being addressed, and may therefore need to be revised in the future. This represents some weakness in the priority setting process for the identification of priorities for animal biotechnology . The process has, therefore, to integrate supporting analytical and quantitative analyses. The strategic importance of such an approach is that it will  . . .
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