Agricultural Biotechnology in Developing Countries - Towards Optimizing the Benefits for the Poor (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2000)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2010
First published:	2000
Editors:	Matin Qaim • Anatole F. Krattiger • Joachim Von Braun
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	434
Edition:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2000
ISBN-13:	978-1-4419-4864-9
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Development economics Books > Science & Mathematics > Chemistry > General Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Agricultural science
LSN:	1-4419-4864-3
Barcode:	9781441948649

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