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Book Synopsis Agricultural Biotechnology in Developing Countries by : Matin Qaim
Download or read book Agricultural Biotechnology in Developing Countries written by Matin Qaim and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Agricultural Biotechnology, Poverty Reduction, and Food Security by : Asian Development Bank
Download or read book Agricultural Biotechnology, Poverty Reduction, and Food Security written by Asian Development Bank and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is based on a study conducted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), together with the Australian Centre for International, Agricultural Research and the Australian Agency for International Development, to examine the opportunities and risks of using biotechnology in reducing poverty and achieving food security in Asia.
Book Synopsis Role of Biotechnology in Agriculture by : B. N. Prasad
Download or read book Role of Biotechnology in Agriculture written by B. N. Prasad and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the context of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation countries.
Author :United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :84 pages Book Rating :4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis 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
Download or read book The Role of Biotechnology in Combating Poverty and Hunger in Developing Countries written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Agricultural Biotechnology and the Poor by : G. J. Persley
Download or read book Agricultural Biotechnology and the Poor written by G. J. Persley and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Agricultural Biotechnology and the Poor by : Manuel Montecer Lantin
Download or read book Agricultural Biotechnology and the Poor written by Manuel Montecer Lantin and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Potential Impacts of Crop Biotechnology in Developing Countries by : Matin Qaim
Download or read book Potential Impacts of Crop Biotechnology in Developing Countries written by Matin Qaim and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Biotechnology and Food Security by : Sujata K. Dass
Download or read book Biotechnology and Food Security written by Sujata K. Dass and published by Gyan Books. This book was released on 2004-09 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present book relates to benefits of bio technology in providing food security, alleviation of poverty and agriculture and rural development.. This book also focuses on framework for food chain approach to food safety and evaluation of technology oriented food security. The book is highly informative and of use to students, researchers, scientists and policy planners working in different direction like agriculture, food and bio technology.
Book Synopsis Agricultural Biotechnology and the Poor by : G. J. Persley
Download or read book Agricultural Biotechnology and the Poor written by G. J. Persley and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Agricultural Biotechnology and the Poor by : G.J. Persley
Download or read book Agricultural Biotechnology and the Poor written by G.J. Persley and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Starved for Science by : Robert Paarlberg
Download or read book Starved for Science written by Robert Paarlberg and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-08-05 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Listen to a short interview with Robert PaarlbergHost: Chris Gondek | Producer: Heron & Crane Heading upcountry in Africa to visit small farms is absolutely exhilarating given the dramatic beauty of big skies, red soil, and arid vistas, but eventually the two-lane tarmac narrows to rutted dirt, and the journey must continue on foot. The farmers you eventually meet are mostly women, hardworking but visibly poor. They have no improved seeds, no chemical fertilizers, no irrigation, and with their meager crops they earn less than a dollar a day. Many are malnourished. Nearly two-thirds of Africans are employed in agriculture, yet on a per-capita basis they produce roughly 20 percent less than they did in 1970. Although modern agricultural science was the key to reducing rural poverty in Asia, modern farm science—including biotechnology—has recently been kept out of Africa. In Starved for Science Robert Paarlberg explains why poor African farmers are denied access to productive technologies, particularly genetically engineered seeds with improved resistance to insects and drought. He traces this obstacle to the current opposition to farm science in prosperous countries. Having embraced agricultural science to become well-fed themselves, those in wealthy countries are now instructing Africans—on the most dubious grounds—not to do the same. In a book sure to generate intense debate, Paarlberg details how this cultural turn against agricultural science among affluent societies is now being exported, inappropriately, to Africa. Those who are opposed to the use of agricultural technologies are telling African farmers that, in effect, it would be just as well for them to remain poor.
Book Synopsis Biotechnology and Agricultural Development by : Rob Tripp
Download or read book Biotechnology and Agricultural Development written by Rob Tripp and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-06-02 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the continuing controversy over the potential impact of genetically modified (GM) crops in developing countries. Supporters of the technology claim it offers one of the best hopes for increasing agricultural production and reducing rural poverty, while opponents see it as an untested intervention that will bring corporate control of peasant farming. The book examines the issues by reviewing the experience of GM, insect-resistant cotton, the most widely grown GM crop in developing countries. The book begins with an introduction to agricultural biotechnology, a brief examination of the history of cotton production technology (and the institutions required to support that technology), and a thorough review of the literature on the agronomic performance of GM cotton. It then provides a review of the economic and institutional outcomes of GM cotton during the first decade of its use. The core of the book is four country case studies based on original fieldwork in the principal developing countries growing GM cotton (China, India, South Africa and Colombia). The book concludes with a summary of the experience to date and implications for the future of GM crops in developing countries. This review challenges those who have predicted technological failure by describing instances in which GM cotton has proven useful and has been enthusiastically taken up by smallholders. But it also challenges those who claim that biotechnology can take the lead in agricultural development by examining the precarious institutional basis on which these hopes rest in most countries. The analysis shows how biotechnology’s potential contribution to agricultural development must be seen as a part of (and often secondary to) more fundamental policy change. The book should be of interest to a wide audience concerned with agricultural development. This would include academics in the social and agricultural sciences, donor agencies and NGOs.
Book Synopsis Environmental Effects of Transgenic Plants by : National Research Council
Download or read book Environmental Effects of Transgenic Plants written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-02-22 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis TOWARDS HOPE AND CHALLENGE:Agricultural Biotechnology and the Catholic Social Teachings by :
Download or read book TOWARDS HOPE AND CHALLENGE:Agricultural Biotechnology and the Catholic Social Teachings written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Modifying Africa by : Florence M. Wambugu
Download or read book Modifying Africa written by Florence M. Wambugu and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Farming Systems and Poverty by : John A. Dixon
Download or read book Farming Systems and Poverty written by John A. Dixon and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A joint FAO and World Bank study which shows how the farming systems approach can be used to identify priorities for the reduction of hunger and poverty in the main farming systems of the six major developing regions of the world.
Book Synopsis Biotechnology in Agriculture by : Sharma
Download or read book Biotechnology in Agriculture written by Sharma and published by Daya Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Use of Biotechnology in Agriculture 3. Agricultural Biotechnology on Biodiversity 4. Transgenic Plants and World Agriculture 5. Economic Effect of Agricultural Biotechnology 6. Demand for Agricultural Biotechnology 7. Agricultural Biotechnology and the Poor 8. Scientific Basis of Genetic Modification 9. Ethical and Social Issues of Genetically Modified Crops 10. Conservation Technologies and the Plant Science 11. Modem Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture 12. Public Attitudes towards Agricultural Biotechnology Bibliography Index
