SPEARHEADING SCIENCE TO ADDRESS SOCIETAL ISSUES

Amphithéâtre E - 15h45 - 17h00

How can scientific knowledge and advances help political leaders to make better decisions? How can science help to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals? Should science in Africa have application goals, or should funding also be kept for basic and forward-looking research?

Moderator:

VidushiVidushi Neergheen-Bhujun, University of Mauritius

Intervenants :

Adu Afarwuah2Seth Adu-Afarwuah, University of Ghana

H Tonnang2Henri Tonnang, International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi (Kenya)

Oliveros2Oliver Oliveros, Agropolis Fondation, Montpellier