Handbook on agriculture, biotechnology and development / edited by Stuart J. Smyth, Peter W. B. Phillips, David Castle.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smyth, Stuart J., editor.

Phillips, Peter W. B., editor.

Castle, David, editor.

Series:

Elgar original reference

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agricultural biotechnology--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Agricultural biotechnology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (880 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; New York, [New York] : Edward Elgar, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is a compendium of knowledge, experience and insight on agriculture, biotechnology and development. Beginning with an account of GM crop adoptions and attitudes towards them, the book assesses numerous crucial processes, concluding with detailed insights into GM products. Drawing on expert perspectives of leading authors from 57 different institutions in 16 countries, it provides a unique, global overview of agbiotech following 20 years of adoption. Many consider GM crops the most rapid agricultural innovation adopted in the history of agriculture. This book provides insights as to w

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; 1. Introduction to agriculture, biotechnology and development; PART I EXOGENOUS VARIABLES: THE ENVIRONMENT, ACTORS AND RULES; 2. Global adoption of GM crops, 1995-2010; 3. Structure of public research; 4. The private sector: MNEs and SMEs; 5. Biotechnolgy in North America: the United States, Canada and Mexico; 6. South American adopters: Argentina and Brazil; 7. Africa; 8. China; 9. Agriculture biotechnology in India: impacts and controversies; 10. Oceania: Australia, New Zealand, Japan and the Phillippines

11. European Union policy conflicts over agbiotech: ecological modernization perspectives and critiques12. African non-adopters; 13. Non-adopters of GM crops in Latin America; 14. The Cuban context for agriculture and innovation; 15. Risk assessment frameworks in the multicultural setting; 16. The trade system and biotechnology; 17. Developing countries and the legal institutions at the intersection of agbiotech and development; 18. Consumer attitudes and preferences for GM products; 19. The motivation and impact of organized public resistance against agricultural biotechnolgy

PART II ACTION ARENAS20. The research pipeline; 21. Clusters, innovation systems and biotechnolgy in developing country agriculture; 22. Practice driving policy: agbiotech transfer as capacity building; 23. The North American crop biotech environment, actors and rules; 24. Adoption decisions; 25. Coexistence; 26. Biotechnology and the inputs industry; 27. Market power in the US biotech industry; 28. The dynamic IP system in crop genetics and biotechnology; 29. Environmental effects; 30. Labeling of genetically modified foods; 31. Biotechnology and food security

32. International regimes on plant intellectual property rights and plant genetic resources: implications for stakeholders33. Engaging publics on agbiotech: a retrospective look; 34. Lessons from the California GM labeling proposition on the state of crop biotechnology; 35. Biotechnology communications, mythmaking and the media; PART III OUTCOMES; 36. Soybeans; 37. Maize/corn; 38. Cotton; 39. Canola; 40. The Hawaii papaya story; 41. Sugar beet; 42. Rice; 43. Aggregate effcts: adopters and non-adopters, investors and consumers

44. Economic success but political failure? The paradox of GM crops in developing countries45. The size and distribution of the benefits from the adoption of biotech soybean varieties; 46. Wheat: status, outlook and implications; 47. Small grains: barley, oat and rye; 48. Incremental benefits of genetically modified bananas in Uganda; 49. Biofuels and GM feedstocks; 50. Non-food GM crops: phytoremediation, industrial products and pharmaceuticals; 51. Tomatoes, potatoes and flax: exploring the cost of lost innovations; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-85793-835-5