Biotechnology and sustainable development : voices of the south and north / edited by I. Serageldin and G.J. Persley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Serageldin, Ismail, 1944-

Persley, G. J.

Aliksāndrīnā (Library)

Doyle Foundation.

Series:

Biotechnology in agriculture series ; 26.

Biotechnology in agriculture series ; 26

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agricultural biotechnology--Congresses.

Agricultural biotechnology.

Sustainable development--Congresses.

Sustainable development.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xviii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, Oxon, UK : Cambridge, MA : CABI Publishing in association with Bibliotheca Alexandrina [and] the Doyle Foundation, [2003]

Contents:

1 Alexandria Renaissance: the New Life Sciences and Society / Gabrielle J. Persley, Ismail Serageldin 3

Section 2 The New Life Sciences and Sustainable Development 17

2 Science and the Poor / Ismail Serageldin 19

3 Biotechnology and the War on Poverty / Gordon Conway 29

4 Biotechnology and its Application in Agriculture And Food Production: the Egyptian Experience / Magdy A. Madkour 55

5 Biotechnology: the Next Wave of Innovation Technologies for Sustainable Development / Donald J. Johnston 67

6 Sustainable Food Security: Role of the Private Sector / Klaus M. Leisinger 75

7 Where the Biotechnology Industry is Heading / Steen Riisgaard 87

Section 3 The New Life Sciences for Food and Agriculture 93

8 From Molecular Genetics to Plants for the Future / Marc Van Montagu, Dulce de Oliveira, Sylvia Burssens 95

9 New Biotechnology Applications in Fish / Peter R. Gardiner, Li Sze Lim, George John 113

10 Biotechnology and Smallholder Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa / Eusebius J. Mukhwana 125

11 Biocontrol of Potato Bacterial Wilt in Kenya / Julian Smith, Kinyua Murimi, Reinette Gouws, Gerry S. Saddler, Andre Trigalet, Sarah Simons 129

12 Arid Lands Experience: Crop Improvement in Dry Areas / Adel El-Beltagy 143

13 Intellectual Property Rights: Biotechnology and the Gene Revolution / John Dodds 149

Section 4 The New Life Sciences for Human Health 161

14 Post-genomic Health Advances and Its Implications in Developing Countries / Effat A. Badr 163

15 Novel Approaches for Vaccine Development Against Trypanosomiasis in Africa / Noel B. Murphy, Derek Nola, Samuel J. Black 173

16 Developing and Marketing of a Salmonella-specific DNA Diagnostic Kit in Southern Africa / J.M. Gopo, E. Baros, A.A. Ven Kent 187

17 Globalization and Access to Biotechnology-derived Health Care Products: a View from Egypt / Mohamed A. Eldawy 191

18 Prevention of Human Infectious Diseases in Developing Countries / Pierre Crooy 201

19 International Organizations and Human Health / Hussein A. Gezairy, Abdel Aziz Saleh 213

20 Biotechnology: Perspectives of Civil Society / Mamdouh Gabr 221

Section 5 The New Life Sciences for the Conservation of Natural Resources 227

21 Biotechnology: Driven by Profit or Searching for a Better Environment? / Brian Johnson 229

22 Adding Value to Brazilian Biodiversity through Biotechnology / Antonio Paes de Carvalho 237

Section 6 The Safe Use of New Biotechnologies 245

23 Scientific Basis of Biosafety Risk Assessments / Klaus Ammann 247

24 Emerging Regulatory Regimes in South Africa / Jennifer A. Thomson 251

25 International Harmonization in Biosafety: the OECD Experience / Michael Oborne, Peter Kearns 257

Section 7 Public Perceptions 263

26 Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology: a Consumer Perspective / Gregory Jaffe 265

27 Public Concerns About Biotechnology / Thomas Jefferson Hoban, IV 279

28 Perception and Acceptance of Biotechnology in Some Developing Countries / Albert Sasson 289

Section 8 Toward New Partnerships 299

29 New Partnerships to Raise Universal Consciousness in the Life Sciences / Philippe Desmarescaux 301.

Notes:

Based on papers presented in March 2002 at a symposium, held to mark the opening of the new library of Alexandria.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0851996752

OCLC:

51477997