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Author : Mugo, S.N. ,Poland, D. ,De Groote, H. ,Hoisington, D.A.
Publisher : CIMMYT
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789706480583
Author : Mugo, S.N. ,Poland, D. ,Mulaa, M. ,Hoisington, D.
Publisher : CIMMYT
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789706481016
Author : International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center,Kenya Agricultural Research Institute
Publisher : CIMMYT
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789706480828
Author : Anonim
Publisher : CIMMYT
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9706481036
Author : CIMMYT,KARI
Publisher : CIMMYT
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789706481511
Author : Anonim
Publisher : CIMMYT
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 970648132X
Author : Jürg Bürgi
Publisher : CABI
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781845935696
Many farmers in sub-Saharan Africa suffer heavily from crop losses due to stem borer pests. Insecticides are often unaffordable; therefore, maize plants must be made resistant to pests. The 'Insect Resistant Maize for Africa' (IRMA) project in Kenya was aimed at developing new maize varieties both by conventional methods and by biotechnologically incorporating the endotoxin produced by the soil bacteriumBacillus thuringiensis. The author gives an impartial and chronological account of this exemplary project between 1999 and 2008, supplemented by discussions of agricultural development policy and descriptions of Kenyan smallholders and the project team. He also takes critical and rational positions on the use of modern plant breeding techniques, biotechnology and development policy.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : CIMMYT
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9706480927
Author : Siambi, M. ,Mugo, S.N. ,Ochieng, J.A.W.
Publisher : CIMMYT
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789706480569
Author : Jörg Romeis,Anthony M. Shelton,George Kennedy
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2008-07-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781402083730
Insect pests remain one of the main constraints to food and fiber production worldwide despite farmers deploying a range of techniques to protect their crops. Modern pest control is guided by the principles of integrated pest management (IPM) with pest resistant germplasm being an important part of the foundation. Since 1996, when the first genetically modified (GM) insect-resistant maize variety was commercialized in the USA, the area planted to insect-resistant GM varieties has grown dramatically, representing the fastest adoption rate of any agricultural technology in human history. The goal of our book is to provide an overview on the role insect-resistant GM plants play in different crop systems worldwide. We hope that the book will contribute to a more rational debate about the role GM crops can play in IPM for food and fiber production.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : CIMMYT
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Corn
ISBN : 9789706481207
Author : Robert L. Paarlberg
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2001-09-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780801868238
Genetically modified (GM) food crops have inspired increasing controversy over the past decade. By the mid-1990s they were widely grown in the U.S., Canada, and Argentina, but precautionary regulations continue to limit their use elsewhere. The restrictive policies of Europe and Japan toward GM crops have been much discussed. Less attention has been paid to the policies affecting the adoption of GM crops in the developing world, where their potential impact on the availability and quality of food is even greater. In this book Robert Paarlberg looks at the policy choices regarding GM food made by four important developing countries: Kenya, Brazil, India, and China. Of these, so far only China has approved the planting of GM crops. Paarlberg identifies five policy areas in which governments of developing countries can either support or discourage GM crops: intellectual property rights, biosafety, trade, food safety, and public research and investment. He notes that highly cautious biosafety policies have so far been the key reason that Kenya, Brazil, and India have hesitated to plant GM crops. These cautious policies have been strongly reinforced by international market forces and international diplomatic and NGO pressures. China has been less cautious toward GM crops, in part because there is less opportunity in China for international organizations or independent critics of GM crops to challenge official policy.
Author : Kakoli Ghosh,Paul C. Jepson
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Science
ISBN : 925105598X
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) hosted an Expert Consultation on "Genetically Modified Organisms in Crop Production and Their Effects on the Environment: Methodologies for Monitoring and the Way Ahead" from 18 to 20 January in Rome. The main objective of the consultation was to review the scientific basis for, and procedures to establish, effective post-release monitoring of genetically modified (GM) crops and develop guidelines to strengthen member countries' capacities to design and carry out monitoring programmes. The consultation was a follow-up to the earlier FAO Expert Consultation on "Environmental Effects of Genetically Modified Crops", which had recommended the environmental effects of GM crops be assessed on a case-by-case basis and emphasized the need to monitor possible medium- to long-term environmental impacts. The main outputs of the meeting were: a review of the scientific criteria and procedures; strategies that could form the basis of efficient monitoring programmes; recommendations for both scientists managing the monitoring process and policy makers.
Author : Robert L. Paarlberg
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780896296428
Commissioned by the International Food Policy Research Institute, this discussion paper asks who is responsible for assuring food security in an age of globalization? Paarlberg (political science, Wellesley College) argues that significant hunger persists in some regions largely because of governance deficits and failures at the national, rather than the global, level. He then suggests options for improving the performance of national governments in countries increasingly affected by hunger (particularly those in Africa). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Author : Anonim
Publisher : CIMMYT
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Plant breeding
ISBN : 9706481060