Biotechnology
A Hope or a Threat?
Published on 1. January 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
XXVII, 275 pages
978-1-349-12867-9 (ISBN)
Description
Investigates current applications of biotechnology in developing countries and their impact on the rural poor. Can biotechnologies be specifically designed and deliberately released to alleviate rural poverty, or will they accentuate existing inequalities?
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Series
Edition
1st ed. 1992
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
XXVII, 275 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
386 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-12867-9 (9781349128679)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-349-12865-5
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Book
04/1992
Palgrave Macmillan
€58.81
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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.