Economic and Social Issues in Agricultural Biotechnology

Inbunden, Engelska, 2002

Av Robert E. Evenson, Vittorio Santaniello, Robert Evenson, Vittorio Santaniello, David Zilberman, USA) Evenson, Robert (Yale University, Italy) Santaniello, Vittorio (University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’, Rome, USA) Zilberman, David (University of California at Berkeley

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There are currently many controversial socioeconomic issues concerned with the development and implementation of agricultural biotechnology. This book presents selected revised and edited papers from the fourth and fifth meetings of the International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research, held in Italy in 2000 and 2001.

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Utgivningsdatum2002-07-01
Mått156 x 234 x 33 mm
Vikt1 161 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor448
FörlagCABI Publishing
ISBN9780851996189

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1: Introduction 2: From the Green Revolution to the Gene Revolution, Robert Evenson Part I: Intellectual Property Rights and Technological Exchange 3: Conflicts in Intellectual Property Rights in Genetic Resources: Implications for Agricultural Biotechnology 4: Sui generis Protection of Plant Varieties in Asian Agriculture: a Regional Regime in the Making? 5: Intellectual Property Aspects of Traditional Agricultural Knowledge, 6: Farmers' Rights and Intellectual Property Rights - Reconciling conflicting concepts, Part II: Public-Private Issues 7: Universities, Technology Transfer and Industrial R&D, 8: Mergers and Intellectual Property in Agricultural Biotechnology 9: Cost of Conserving Genetic Resources at ex situ Genebanks: An Example of the ICARDA Genebank Part III: The Role of Methods 10: Impact of Terminator Technologies in Developing Countries: A Framework for Economic Analysis, 11: The Impact of Genetic Use Restriction Technologies on Developing Countries: a Forecast, 12: Managing Proprietary Technology in Agricultural Research, 13: Is Marker-assisted Selection Cost-effective Compared with Conventional Plant Breeding Methods? The Case of Quality Protein Maize, Part IV: Developing Country Biotechnology Experience 14: Can Biotechnology Reach The Poor? The Adequacy Of Information and Seed Delivery 15: Value of Engineered Virus Resistance in Crop Plants and Technology Cooperation with Developing Countries, 16: Institutions and Institutional Capacity for Biotechnology - A Case Study of India, 17: Social and Economic Impact Ex-Ante Evaluation of Embrapa's Biotechnology Research Products, 18: Intellectual Property Protection and the International Marketing of Agricultural Biotechnology: Firm and Host Country Impacts, 19: Efficiency Effects of bt Cotton Adoption by Smallholders in Makhathini Flats, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 20: Income and Employment Effects of Transgenic Herbicide-resistant Cassava in Colombia: A Preliminary Simulation, Part V: International Models 21: Estimating the Economic Effects of GMOs: the Importance of Policy Choices and Preferences 22: Smallholders, Transgenic Varieties and Production Efficiency: The Case of Cotton Farmers in China