Author : Harold H. Lee
Publisher :
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 21,64 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Agricultural biotechnology
ISBN :
Author : Matin Qaim
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 33,10 MB
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1475731787
Biotechnology offers great potential to contribute to sustainable agricultural growth, food security and poverty alleviation in developing countries. Yet there are economic and institutional constraints at national and international levels that inhibit the poor people's access to appropriate biotechnological innovations. Agricultural Biotechnology in Developing Countries: Towards Optimizing the Benefits for the Poor addresses the major constraints. Twenty-three chapters, written by a wide range of scholars and stake-holders, provide an up-to-date analysis of agricultural biotechnology developments in Latin America, Africa and Asia. Besides the expected economic and social impacts, the challenges for an adjustment of the international research structure are discussed, with a special focus on intellectual property rights and the roles of the main research organizations. Harnessing the comparative advantages of the public and private sectors through innovative partnerships is the only way forward to optimize the benefits of biotechnology for the poor. The book will be an invaluable resource for both academics and policy-makers concerned with agricultural biotechnology in context of developing-countries.
Author : Smale, Melinda
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 20,50 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Science
ISBN : 0896295117
As progressively more farmers in developing countries begin using biotech crops, careful evaluation of such crops' benefits becomes ever more important.This food policy review examines the applied economics literature regarding the impact of biotech crops on non-industrialized agriculture, and investigates the research methods used in assessing how these crops affect farmers, consumers, the agricultural sector as a whole, and international trade. This analysis offers a tool for researchers who seek to produce objective, relevant analysis of emerging crop biotechnologies that can in turn be used by national policymakers in developing countries.
Author : Margriet F. Caswell
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 19,77 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Agricultural biotechnology
ISBN : 9780788112829
Describes the economic, scientific, and social factors that will influence the future of biotechnology in agriculture. Shows that both private and public sector R&D are contributing significantly to the development of biotechnologies. A review of 23 published studies on the subject.
Author : Robert E. Evenson
Publisher : CABI
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 27,60 MB
Release : 2002-07-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780851997889
There are currently many controversial socioeconomic issues concerned with the development and implementation of agricultural biotechnology. This book presents selected revised and edited papers from the fourth and fifth meetings of the International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research, held in Italy in 2000 and 2001.
Author : Brent Herbert-Copley
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 24,57 MB
Release : 1996-12
Category :
ISBN : 0788137328
Partial contents: review of previous studies (employ. impacts of biotechnologies in Latin America: coffee and cocoa in Costa Rica; biotechnology and the future of agricultural development in Mexico); methodological tools and approaches (agricultural biotech. in Latin America: studying its future impacts; biotechnology and agriculture in Brazil: social and economic impacts); integrating impact assessment data into decision-making (improving biotechnology research decision-making with better procedures and information; environmentally sound management of biotechnology in Latin America). Charts and tables.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 38,19 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Agricultural biotechnology
ISBN :
Author : Matin Qaim
Publisher :
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 29,93 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Crop biotechnology could boost global food production in a sustainable way. However, the economic repercussions of biotechnology for developing countries are largely unknown and have been the subject of acute controversy over the last few years. This study deals with the topic and provides some preliminary empirical results. An analytical framework for the ex ante evaluation of biotechnology in smallholder agriculture is developed, which is then used within three different case studies in Kenya and Mexico. It is shown that biotechnology holds great potentials for poor agricultural producers and consumers. Yet appropriate institutional adjustments are required to capitalize on these potentials. Implications for national and international biotechnology policies are discussed.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion
Publisher :
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 14,30 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Agricultural biotechnology
ISBN :
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 40,90 MB
Release : 2002-02-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0309170176
Transgenic crops offer the promise of increased agricultural productivity and better quality foods. But they also raise the specter of harmful environmental effects. In this new book, a panel of experts examines: • Similarities and differences between crops developed by conventional and transgenic methods • Potential for commercialized transgenic crops to change both agricultural and nonagricultural landscapes • How well the U.S. government is regulating transgenic crops to avoid any negative effects. Environmental Effects of Transgenic Plants provides a wealth of information about transgenic processes, previous experience with the introduction of novel crops, principles of risk assessment and management, the science behind current regulatory schemes, issues in monitoring transgenic products already on the market, and more. The book discusses public involvementâ€"and public confidenceâ€"in biotechnology regulation. And it looks to the future, exploring the potential of genetic engineering and the prospects for environmental effects.
