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Agricultural Biotechnology in Developing Countries: Towards Optimizing the Benefits for the Poor
. Ed(S): Qaim, Matin; Krattiger, Anatole F.; Von Braun, Joachim
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Paperback. Editor(s): Qaim, Matin; Krattiger, Anatole F.; Von Braun, Joachim. Num Pages: 434 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCM; KNAC; PN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 682.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
434
Condition
New
Number of Pages
434
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781441948649
SKU
V9781441948649
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About . Ed(S): Qaim, Matin; Krattiger, Anatole F.; Von Braun, Joachim
Matin Qaim is a Research Fellow at the Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany. Anatole F. Krattiger is Executive Director of the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA). Joachim von Braun is Director of ZEF.
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