Biotechnology: A Hope or a Threat?

ISBN-13: 9781349128679 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 275 str.

Iftikhar Ahmed; Michael Lipton

Opis

Investigates current applications of biotechnology in developing countries and their impact on the rural poor. Can biotechnologies be specifically designed and deliberately released to alleviate rural poverty, or will they accentuate existing inequalities?

Spis treści

Part 1 Conceptual approaches: a conceptual framework for biotechnology assessment, H.H.Lee and F.E.Tank; new biotechnologies for rural development, P.Bifani. Part 2 Advanced plant biotechnologies: advanced plant biotechnology in Mexico - a hope for the neglected?, A.Eastmond and M.L.Robert; biotechnology and farm size in Kenya, L.P.Mureithi and B.F.Makau; biotechnology and labour absorption in Malawi agriculture, C.Chipeta and M.W.Mhango. Part 3 Milk and feed: the differential impact of biotechnology the Mexico-United States contrast, G.Otero; biotechnology to combat malnutrition in Nigeria, G.U.Okereke. Part 4 The external threat: biotechnology trends - a threat to Philippine agriculture?, S.C.Halos; can we avert an oil crisis?, G.Ruivenkamp; policy perspectives and the future outlook, I.Ahmed.