Biotechnology, agriculture, and food security in southern Africa
2005
S. Were Omamo | K. von Grebmer
This book discusses the outcomes of a multistakeholder initiative on issues of biotechnology resulting from the 2002–2003 southern African food crisis, when a number of countries rejected food aid in the form of genetically modified grain.The initiative aimed at raising awareness, promoting dialogue, and catalysing consensus-building mechanisms to improve the institutions and policies governing agricultural biotechnology and to assess its implications for food security in southern Africa.This book presents a compilation of articles discussing the current status of biotechnology in southern Africa, the conceptual framework for multistakeholder dialogues, the political and ethical issues surrounding biotechnology, food safety and consumer issues, biosafety, intellectual property rights, and trade involving genetically modified foods.
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