Potential Impacts of Crop Biotechnology in Developing Countries - Couverture souple

Qaim, Matin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3631369204 ISBN 13 : 9783631369203

Editeur : Peter Lang AG, 2000

Synopsis

Crop biotechnology could boost global food production in a sustainable way. However, the economic repercussions of biotechnology for developing countries are largely unknown and have been the subject of acute controversy over the last few years. This study deals with the topic and provides some preliminary empirical results. An analytical framework for the ex ante evaluation of biotechnology in smallholder agriculture is developed, which is then used within three different case studies in Kenya and Mexico. It is shown that biotechnology holds great potentials for poor agricultural producers and consumers. Yet appropriate institutional adjustments are required to capitalize on these potentials. Implications for national and international biotechnology policies are discussed.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

The Author : Matin Qaim is a research fellow at the Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany. He studied Agricultural Sciences in Bonn and Kiel and obtained his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Bonn in 2000. Apart from his research on the economics of biotechnology he has worked on food security and rural poverty issues in various low and middle income countries.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Peter Lang AG
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3631369204
• ISBN 13: 9783631369203
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 183
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible