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ensure that their activities still maintain relevance for commercial
breeding and producer demands.
They will also have to move closer to the universities in order to stay
abreast of the latest technological advances, both with regards to
methodology as well as equipment. This will not only mean develop-
ing more effective collaboration mechanisms, but also learning to
deal more adroitly with IP dimensions in research. Issues relating to
ownership and control will assume increased importance, and confi-
dentiality requirements will play a more visible role in influencing the
flow of technology and information.
For various reasons – among others, the lack of continuity within
established breeding programmes – the decline within the public
sector has progressed to such a level that a return to the status quo
of say 20 years ago is improbable.
Simply injecting more resources in an effort to revive the old system
will not work because the system that has functioned so well in the
past is no longer appropriate. Changes in the distribution of insti-
tutional roles and responsibilities will therefore be needed to reverse
current trends (Morris
et al.
2006).
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