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Strengthening the case for why biotechnology will not help the developing world : a response to McGloughlin
(AgBioForum, 1999)
Upon reflecting on McGloughlin's response to our original essay it becomes quite clear that we and she speak from different world views. Where she sees simple problems that can be solved with quick technological fixes ...
Who gains from genetic improvements in U.S. crops?
(AgBioForum, 1999)
The distribution of gains of plant breeding and plant genetic resource exchange has beenthe source of heated North-South debates in meetings of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO) and the UN ...
Public agricultural research and the protection of intellectual property : issues and options
(AgBioForum, 1999)
This paper discusses the significance of intellectual property (IP) protection by public research institutes. It argues that such protection can be compatible with the mission of public organizations, especially in cases ...
Biotechnology capacity of LDCs in the Asian Pacific Rim
(AgBioForum, 1999)
Biotechnology is comprised of a continuum of technologies ranging from long established and widely applied technologies to more recent recombinant DNA (rDNA) techniques. Several of the technologies are reviewed in this ...
Intellectual property protection, biotechnology and developing countries : will the trips be effective?
(AgBioForum, 1999)
The international protection of intellectual property has been a contentious issue between developed and developing countries. Protection of intellectual property rights in agricultural biotechnology is the latest manifestation ...
Can agricultural biotechnology make a difference in Africa?
(AgBioForum, 1999)
There has been much recent discussion on the potential impact of biotechnology on
development in Africa. Can agricultural biotechnology make a significant difference, or would a strategy combining conventional breeding ...
Assessing the prospects for the transfer of genetically modified crop varities to developing countries
(AgBioForum, 1999)
Although genetically modified varieties (GMVs) have been commercially successful in the United States (U.S.), their future in developing countries (DCs) with smaller markets is uncertain. How likely is it that relatively ...
Measuring agricultural biotechnology research capacity in four developing countries
(AgBioForum, 1999)
In 1998, the International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR) conducted a biotechnology research indicator survey of four national agricultural research systems -- in Mexico, Kenya, Indonesia, and Zimbabwe. ...
Biotechnology in the global economy : beyond technical advances and risks
(AgBioForum, 1999)
Agricultural biotechnology is the subject of extensive public debates in many countries.
This article presents a summary of the results of the International Conference onBiotechnology in the Global Economy held in September ...
Feeding a world of six billion
(AgBioForum, 1999)
There has been a massive increase in food production in the past few decades - not only in the world's granaries like the United States (U.S.), Canada or Australia, but also in China and India. This increase has been spurred ...
Regulation of biotechnologies in LDCs : implications for technology development and transfer
(AgBioForum, 1999)
The diffusion of biotechnology in most countries of the developing world is likely to take the form of embedded technologies (transgenic seed). In some countries with an incipient science and technology capacity diffusion ...
Agricultural biotechnology, trade and the developing countries
(AgBioForum, 1999)
Developing countries and their low-income people could benefit significantly from thedevelopment and use of modern biotechnology in agriculture within a proper biosafety
regime. However, international agreements on ...
Ten reasons why biotechnology will be important to the developing world
(AgBioForum, 1999)
The objective in this article is to challenge misconceptions often put forward about the technologies of biotechnology. In particular, I challenge many of the arguments put forward by Altieri and Rosset in their paper ...
Ten reasons why biotechnology will not ensure food security, protect the environment and reduce poverty in the developing world
(AgBioForum, 1999)
Advocates of biotechnology affirm that the application of genetic engineering to develop transgenic crops will increase world agricultural productivity, enhance food security, and move agriculture away from a dependence ...
Biotechnology and the value of in escaping the Malthusian trap
(AgBioForum, 1999)
Agronomists have used increasingly sophisticated genetic manipulation of agricultural plants to ensure that food production has outpaced population growth. Biotechnology, the newest stage in that process, is jeopardized ...
Agrobiotechnology in the developing world
(AgBioForum, 1999)
The importance of agrobiotechnology for the less developed countries (LDCs) has been debated for almost two decades. Food security has been a focal issue. However, discussions have been far more expansive and complex. With ...