The gene revolution GM crops and unequal development / edited by Sakiko Fukuda-Parr.

Other author Fukuda-Parr, Sakiko, 1950-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon ; Sterling, Va. : Earthscan,
Descriptionxxx, 248 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Contents Introduction : genetically modified crops and national development priorities / Sakiko Fukuda-Parr -- Emergence and global spread of GM crops : explaining the role of institutional change / Sakiko Fukuda-Parr -- US : leading science, technology and commercialization / Greg Traxler -- Europe : turning against agricultural biotechnology in the late 1990s / Yves Tiberghien -- West and Central Africa : strategizing biotechnology for food security and poverty reduction / Marcel Nwalozie ... [et al.] -- Argentina : adopting RR soy, economic liberalization, global markets and socio-economic consequences / Daniel Chudnovsky -- Brazil : confronting the challenges of global competition and protecting biodiversity / Jose Maria F. J. da Silveira, Izaias de Carvalho Borges -- China : emerging public sector model for GM crop development / Jikun Huang ... [et al.] -- India : confronting the challenge - the potential of genetically modified crops for the poor / Bharat Ramaswami, Carl E. Pray -- South Africa : revealing the potential and obstacles, the private sector model and reaching the traditional sector / Marnus Gouse -- Institutional changes in Argentina, Brazil, China, India and South Africa / Sakiko Fukuda-Parr -- The role of government policy : for growth, sustainability and equity / Sakiko Fukuda-Parr.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2008297756
ISBN9781844074105
ISBN1844074102
ISBN1844074099 (pbk.)
ISBN9781844074099 (pbk.)

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