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Titolo: |
Economic and social issues in agricultural biotechnology [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Robert E. Evenson, V. Santaniello and D. Zilberman
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Pubblicazione: | Wallingford ; ; New York, : CABI, 2002 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (440 p.) |
Disciplina: | 631.5233 |
Soggetto topico: | Agricultural biotechnology - Economic aspects |
Agricultural biotechnology - Social aspects | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: |
EvensonRobert E
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Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographic references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgement; Introduction and Overview; Chapter 1 From the Green Revolution to the Gene Revolution; Chapter 2 Conflicts in Intellectual Property Rights of Genetic Resources: Implications for Agricultural Biotechnology1; Chapter 3 Sui generis Protection of Plant Varieties in Asian Agriculture: a Regional Regime in the Making?; Chapter 4 Intellectual Property Aspects of Traditional Agricultural Knowledge; Chapter 5 Farmers' Rights and Intellectual Property Rights - Reconciling Conflicting Concepts; Chapter 6 Universities, Technology Transfer and Industrial R&D |
Chapter 7 Mergers and Intellectual Property in Agricultural BiotechnologyChapter 8 Cost of Conserving Genetic Resources at ex Situ Genebanks: an Example of the ICARDA Genebank; Chapter 9 Impact of Terminator Technologies in Developing Countries: a Framework for Economic Analysis; Chapter 10 The Impact of Genetic Use Restriction Technologies on Developing Countries: a Forecast; Chapter 11 Managing Proprietary Technology in Agricultural Research; Chapter 12 Is Marker-assisted Selection Cost-effective Compared with Conventional Plant Breeding Methods? The Case of Quality Protein Maize | |
Chapter 13 Can Biotechnology Reach the Poor? The Adequacy of Information and Seed Delivery*Chapter 14 Value of Engineered Virus Resistance in Crop Plants and Technology Cooperation with Developing Countries; Chapter 15 Institutions and Institutional Capacity for Biotechnology - a Case Study of India; Chapter 16 Social and Economic Impact Ex Ante Evaluation of Embrapa's Biotechnology Research Products; Chapter 17 Intellectual Property Protection and the International Marketing of Agricultural Biotechnology: Firm and Host Country Impacts | |
Chapter 18 Efficiency Effects of Bt Cotton Adoption by Smallholders in Makhathini Flats, KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaChapter 19 Income and Employment Effects of Transgenic Herbicide-resistant Cassava in Colombia: a Preliminary Simulation; Chapter 20 Estimating the Economic Effects of GMOs: the Importance of Policy Choices and Preferences; Chapter 21 Smallholders, Transgenic Varieties, and Production Efficiency: the Case of Cotton Farmers in China; Index | |
Sommario/riassunto: | There are 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Economic and social issues in agricultural biotechnology ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-280-83359-9 |
9786610833597 | |
0-85199-788-0 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910455641403321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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