Agricultural biotechnology in developing countries
| MSI01P3677 | |
| Dookun, A. | |
| Agricultural biotechnology in developing countries | |
| El-Gewely, M. R. (ed), Biotechnology Annual Review. Vol. 7. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers. | |
| Book chapter | |
| 2001 | |
| p. 261-285 | |
| En | |
| En | |
| After a slow start many developing countries are now investing in agricultura biotechnology. Although thee countries face several constraints, efforts are being made to promote biotechnology that requires high investment with long term returns. A number of donor agencies are providing incentives to stimulate biotechnology in the developing countries. There is however a major debate towards the development of biotechnology, especially genetically modified organisms, in the developing countries and there is a need for therm to address biosafety issues and proper monitoring systems. The concern of intellectual property rights is a major issue in the developing countries in order to have access to the technologies that are often owned by multinational corporations in the industrialized countries. | |
| Genetic engineering genetically modified organisms biosafety international biosafety protocol intellectual property rights tissue culture molecular markers molecular diagnosis restriction fragment length polymorphism Weed resistance to herbicides Bacillus thuringiensis | |
| Plant breeding | |
| biotechnology | |
| 2001-12-11 | |
| En | |
| Biotech | |
| LIST | |
| Biotech |