Agricultural Biotechnology In The Developing World

Author : Matin Qaim,Anatole F. Krattiger,Joachim von Braun
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781475731781

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Agricultural Biotechnology in Developing Countries by Matin Qaim,Anatole F. Krattiger,Joachim von Braun Pdf

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 : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Biotechnologie
ISBN : OCLC:254605738

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Agricultural Biotechnology in Developing Countries by Anonim Pdf

Author : G. J. Persley,Reginald MacIntyre
Publisher : CABI
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780851997063

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Agricultural Biotechnology by G. J. Persley,Reginald MacIntyre Pdf

Following on from earlier titles in this series, this volume presents further material generated by the World Bank/ISNAR/Australian government biotechnology study.It covers the present status and future prospects for the application of biotechnology to solve agricultural and environmental problems in a number of developing countries. Particular focus is given on to developments that have taken place over the last decade.

Author : FAO
Publisher : Daya Books
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8170352088

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Agricultural Biotechnology In The Developing World by FAO Pdf

This publication describes the state of biotechnology in the developing regions of the world, namely Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean and the Near East and North Africa. Regional and selected country analyses review problems and prospects of food and agricultural production and sustainability issues and then examine the actual and potential role of biotechnologies as complements to conventional technologies. Policies, programmes and institutional and infrastructural supports to biotechnology are discussed in detail. Comparison of the different approaches to management of biotechnology taken by the different regions and countries, including some developed countries such as Australia and Japan, provides a basis for learning from each other s experiences and for planning biotechnology programmes and activities commensurate with the level of development, capability and need of individual countries. It is hoped that the volume will stimulate cooperation among developing countries and between developed and developing countries in harnessing modern biotechnologies for enhanced food security and sustainable agricultural development. Contents Chapter 1: Biotechnology in Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries-FAO Policy and Strategy; Chapter 2: Biotechnology in the CGIAR System by D L Plucknett and K Wright Platais; Chapter 3: Biotechnology in Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Africa by S N Kassapu, R B Singh; Chapter 4: Agricultural Biotechnology in the Asia-Pacific Region by R B Singh; Chapter 5: Current Status and Future Prospects of Modern Biotechnologies in Latin America and the Caribbean by V M Villalobos; Chapter 6: Status and Prospects of Biotechnology in the Near East and North Africa by I Y Hamdan, V M Villalobos.

Author : Ali Abdalla,Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Agricultural biotechnology
ISBN : 064276493X

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Agricultural Biotechnology by Ali Abdalla,Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics Pdf

Author : Timothy M. Swanson
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : MINN:31951D02171282L

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Biotechnology, Agriculture and the Developing World by Timothy M. Swanson Pdf

The product of research sponsored by the UK Department for International Development and a May 2000 workshop held in Rome, Italy, this book comprises 11 contributions from experts affiliated with the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (Rome, Italy) and the Institute for Plant Biology (U. of Zurich, Switzerland), and from academics in agriculture, food economics, law, and land economy affiliated with universities in the UK, US, and Italy. They investigate ways in which industrial changes implicit in new biotechnologies will affect modern agriculture; analyze industrial and distribution impacts, including consequences for developing countries; and look at genetic use restriction technologies and their implications for global agricultural production. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Author : Klaus M. Leisinger
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780896296091

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Sociopolitical Effects of New Biotechnologies in Developing Countries. by Klaus M. Leisinger Pdf

Assuring food security for the next 25 years requires meeting a number of political, social, economic, and technical challenges. One of these is the successful use of new biotechnologies in agriculture. Research in recombinant genetics and biotechnology aims to develop plant varieties that provide reliable high yields at the same or lower costs by breeding in qualities such as resistance to disease, pests, and stress factors such as aridity. Realization of these goals could lead to tremendous gains in food production. However, biotechnology is now evoking the same objections that have been raised against the Green Revolution—that its benefits are distributed inequitably in favor of the large, rich farmers and that it is potentially environmentally destructive. In this brief, Leisinger discusses the need for biotechnology and its sociopolitical ramifications and he looks at the roles played by the public and private sectors. In conclusion, the author states that biotechnology offers no silver bullet for food security — there are no silver bullets—but biotechnology is an important instrument in the difficult fight against hunger. The sociopolitical obstacles must be removed not only for the successful implementation of biotechnology, but also for an equitable and sustainable tomorrow for the world.

Author : Robert E. Evenson,V. Santaniello,David Zilberman
Publisher : CABI
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2002-07-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0851997880

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Economic and Social Issues in Agricultural Biotechnology by Robert E. Evenson,V. Santaniello,David Zilberman Pdf

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 : Henk Hobbelink
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0862328373

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Biotechnology and the Future of World Agriculture by Henk Hobbelink Pdf

This book deals with the technologies that make the commodification of the genetic ("fourth") resource possible and it discusses how these technologies affect agriculture, especially in developing countries

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Conran Octopus
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015037457572

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Agricultural Biotechnology in the Developing World by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Agricultural biotechnology
ISBN : PURD:32754071803831

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The Role of Biotechnology in Combating Poverty and Hunger in Developing Countries by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion Pdf

Author : Matin Qaim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : WISC:89065094294

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Potential Impacts of Crop Biotechnology in Developing Countries by Matin Qaim Pdf

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 : T. Hohn,K.M. Leisinger
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783709164068

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Biotechnology of Food Crops in Developing Countries by T. Hohn,K.M. Leisinger Pdf

Recent advances in gene technology, plant transformation, and the growing knowledge of DNA sequences of plants as well as of their most important parasites and symbionts offer many interesting prospects for the breeding of new crop varieties. This was not only recognized by the major seed companies, but also by the governments of developing countries and by worldwide foundations supporting their agriculture. The know-how gained by the seed companies on crops important for the agricultural industry in developed countries could easily be provided for free to the international and national organizations dedicated to development of crops important in the third world. Results obtained worldwide become easily available to everybody through the scientific literature. Likewise, agricultural research in, e.g., the USA or Europe profits from the natural plant gene pool available in the third world. All this definitely provides for the possibility of fast change, new prosperity and security of food supply in the whole world, if properly applied. The fast development also asks for ethical and sociopolitical considerations, whereby not doing the right can be as much a mistake as doing the wrong.

Author : John Ruane,Maria Zimmermann
Publisher : Fao
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015055100674

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Agricultural Biotechnology for Developing Countries by John Ruane,Maria Zimmermann Pdf

This publication presents the report of the first six e-mail conferences hosted by the FAO Electronic Forum on Biotechnology in Food and Agriculture from March 2000 to May 2001. Each conference was moderated, lasted approximately two months and focused on agricultural biotechnology in developing countries. Four of the conferences dealt with the appropriateness of currently available biotechnologies in the crop, fishery, forestry and livestock sectors for food and agriculture in developing countries; two dealt with the implications of agricultural biotechnology for hunger and food security and the impact of intellectual property rights on food and agriculture in developing countries.

Author : Ian Scoones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Agricultural biotechnology
ISBN : UOM:39015054442895

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Science, Policy and Regulation by Ian Scoones Pdf