Modern biotechnology and developing-world agriculture

D. Glover

Modern biotechnology and developing-world agriculture

2002

D. Glover

This essay provides and introduction to agricultural biotechnology in a developing country context. The author looks at issues of food security, consumer acceptance, sectoral change and regulation in the context of advances in genomics and bioinformatics which have led to an increase in the rate and volume of advances in the biotech. field.The key issues discussed are:How will the potential benefits and risks of modern biotechnology be distributed?Can agricultural biotechnology feed the world?How is the agri-food sector changing?What impact will IPR and biosafety regulation have?

Afficher plus [+]

Mots clés AGROVOC

food security

Informations bibliographiques

Editeur

Environment Team, IDS Sussex

D'autres materias

Agriculture biotechnology; Agriculture and food; Agriculture and food.technology and innovation; Food security.food ipr; Trade policy.intellectual property rights; Agricultural biotechnology; Agriculture and food.agricultural policy; Trade policy; Agriculture and food.biotechnology and gmos

Langue

anglais

Note

An introduction to agricultural biotechnology in a developing country context

Sur AGRIS depuis: 2013-06-15

Format: AGRIS AP

Fournisseur de données

Cette notice bibliographique a été fournie par Institute of Development Studies

Découvrez la collection de ce fournisseur de données dans AGRIS

Liens

http://www.gapresearch.org/governance/Ag-BiotechOverview.pdf

Consulter Google Scholar