Biotechnology
A Hope or Threat
Published on 24. April 1992
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-333-57259-7 (ISBN)
Description
There are examinations of biotechnologies and their diffusion across farm size and their employment and distributional aspects and assessments of their contribution to combating hunger. Contrary to the popular, negative perceptions of biotechnology, the authors show that, if properly guided, it can indeed make a contribution to poverty alleviation, although it may require some structural adjustments.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Illustrations
tables, glossary, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
477 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-57259-7 (9780333572597)
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01/1992
Palgrave Macmillan
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Content
Part 1 Conceptual approaches: a conceptual framework for biotechnology assessment, H.H.Lee and F.E.Tank; new biotechnologies for rural development, P.Bifani. Part 2 Advanced plant biotechnologies: advanced plant biotechnology in Mexico - a hope for the neglected?, A.Eastmond and M.L.Robert; biotechnology and farm size in Kenya, L.P.Mureithi and B.F.Makau; biotechnology and labour absorption in Malawi agriculture, C.Chipeta and M.W.Mhango. Part 3 Milk and feed: the differential impact of biotechnology the Mexico-United States contrast, G.Otero; biotechnology to combat malnutrition in Nigeria, G.U.Okereke. Part 4 The external threat: biotechnology trends - a threat to Philippine agriculture?, S.C.Halos; can we avert an oil crisis?, G.Ruivenkamp; policy perspectives and the future outlook, I.Ahmed.