Another justification is that an institution with a detailed knowledgeof the region is likely to be better able to sound an early warning ofa crisis through its surveillance systems.
For relatively poor countries with insufficient organic and inorganic deposits in their soils, the phytochemistry and the chemistry of natural products offer a chance to develop asound economy based on knowledge with high added value.
"There is a certain level ofknowledge snobbery in so far as if you talk in acronyms you sound like you really know what you are talking about and if others don't understand then they are seen in some way as inferior, " he said.