Potential Impacts Of Crop Biotechnology In Developing Countries
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| Author | : Matin Qaim |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 194 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : |
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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 | : Smale, Melinda |
| Publisher | : Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
| Total Pages | : 125 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0896295117 |
Download Measuring the Economic Impacts of Transgenic Crops in Developing Agriculture During the First Decade Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
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 | : Matin Qaim |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 428 |
| Release | : 2013-03-09 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1475731787 |
Download Agricultural Biotechnology in Developing Countries Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
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 | : National Research Council |
| Publisher | : National Academies Press |
| Total Pages | : 342 |
| Release | : 2002-02-22 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 0309170176 |
Download Environmental Effects of Transgenic Plants Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
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.
| Author | : Margriet F. Caswell |
| Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 60 |
| Release | : 1994 |
| Genre | : Agricultural biotechnology |
| ISBN | : 9780788112829 |
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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 | : Kym Anderson |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Agricultural biotechnology |
| ISBN | : |
Download Economic Impacts of Policies Affecting Crop Biotechnology and Trade Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Agricultural biotechnologies, and especially transgenic crops, have the potential to boost food security in developing countries by offering higher incomes for farmers and lower-priced and better quality food for consumers. That potential is being heavily compromised, however, because the European Union and some other countries have implemented strict regulatory systems to govern their production and consumption of genetically modified (GM) food and feed crops, and to prevent imports of foods and feedstuffs that do not meet these strict standards. This paper analyses empirically the potential economic effects of adopting transgenic crops in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. It does so using a multi-country, multi-product model of the global economy. The results suggest the economic welfare gains from crop biotechnology adoption are potentially very large, and that those benefits are diminished only very slightly by the presence of the European Union's restriction on imports of GM foods. That is, if developing countries retain bans on GM crop production in an attempt to maintain access to EU markets for non-GM products, the loss to their food consumers as well as to farmers in those developing countries is huge relative to the slight loss that could be incurred from not retaining EU market access.
| Author | : International Development Research Centre (Canada) |
| Publisher | : IDRC |
| Total Pages | : 151 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| Genre | : Agricultural biotechnology |
| ISBN | : 0889367892 |
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Assessing the Impacts of Agricultural Biotechnologies: Canadian-Latin American Perspectives
| Author | : Klaus M. Leisinger |
| Publisher | : Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
| Total Pages | : 24 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0896296091 |
Download Sociopolitical Effects of New Biotechnologies in Developing Countries. Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
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 Revolutionthat 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 bulletsbut 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 | : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
| Publisher | : National Academies Press |
| Total Pages | : 607 |
| Release | : 2017-01-28 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0309437385 |
Download Genetically Engineered Crops Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Genetically engineered (GE) crops were first introduced commercially in the 1990s. After two decades of production, some groups and individuals remain critical of the technology based on their concerns about possible adverse effects on human health, the environment, and ethical considerations. At the same time, others are concerned that the technology is not reaching its potential to improve human health and the environment because of stringent regulations and reduced public funding to develop products offering more benefits to society. While the debate about these and other questions related to the genetic engineering techniques of the first 20 years goes on, emerging genetic-engineering technologies are adding new complexities to the conversation. Genetically Engineered Crops builds on previous related Academies reports published between 1987 and 2010 by undertaking a retrospective examination of the purported positive and adverse effects of GE crops and to anticipate what emerging genetic-engineering technologies hold for the future. This report indicates where there are uncertainties about the economic, agronomic, health, safety, or other impacts of GE crops and food, and makes recommendations to fill gaps in safety assessments, increase regulatory clarity, and improve innovations in and access to GE technology.
| Author | : Harold H. Lee |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 58 |
| Release | : 1989 |
| Genre | : Agricultural biotechnology |
| ISBN | : |
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