Economic and social issues in agricultural biotechnology /
This book presents 21 selected revised and edited papers from the 4th and 5th meetings of the International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research, held in Italy in 2000 and 2001. Topics covered include: intellectual property rights and technological exchange; public-private issues; genet...
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction and Overview / R.E. Evenson, V. Santaniello and D. Zilberman
- From the Green Revolution to the Gene Revolution / R.E. Evenson
- Conflicts in Intellectual Property Rights in Genetic Resources : Implications for Agricultural Biotechnology / L.J. Butler
- Sui generis Protection of Plant Varieties in Asian Agriculture : a Regional Regime in the Making? / H. Egelyng
- Intellectual Property Aspects of Traditional Agricultural Knowledge / M. Blakeney
- Farmers' Rights and Intellectual Property Rights
- Reconciling Conflicting Concepts / D. Alker and F. Heidhues
- Universities, Technology Transfer and Industrial R & D / G. Graff, A. Heiman, D. Zilberman, F. Castillo and D. Parker
- Mergers and Intellectual Property in Agricultural Biotechnology / A.C. Marco and G.C. Rausser
- Cost of Conserving Genetic Resources at ex Situ Genebanks : an Example of the ICARDA Genebank / B. Koo, P.G. Pardey, J. Valkoun and B.D. Wright
- Impact of Terminator Technologies in Developing Countries : a Framework for Economic Analysis / C.S. Srinivasan and C. Thirtle
- The Impact of Genetic Use Restriction Technologies on Developing Countries : a Forecast / T. Goeschl and T. Swanson
- Managing Proprietary Technology in Agricultural Research / J. Komen, J.I. Cohen, C. Falconi and S. Salazar
- Is Marker-assisted Selection Cost-effective Compared with Conventional Plant Breeding Methods? The Case of Quality Protein Maize / K. Dreher, M. Morris, M. Khairallah, J.M. Ribaut, S. Pandey and G. Srinivasan
- Can Biotechnology Reach the Poor? The Adequacy of Information and Seed Delivery / R. Tripp
- Value of Engineered Virus Resistance in Crop Plants and Technology Cooperation with Developing Countries / S. Flasinski, V.M. Aquino, R.A. Hautea, W.K. Kaniewski, N.D. Lam, C.A. Ong, V. Pillai and K. Romyanon
- Institutions and Institutional Capacity for Biotechnology
- a Case Study of India / V. Rhoe, S. Shantharam and S. Babu
- Social And Economic Impact Ex Ante Evaluation of Embrapa's Biotechnology Research Products / A.F.D. Avila, T.R. Quirino, E. Contini and E.L.R. Filho
- Intellectual Property Protection and the International Marketing of Agricultural Biotechnology : Firm and Host Country Impacts / P. Goldsmith, G. Ramos and C. Steiger
- Efficiency Effects of Bt Cotton Adoption by Smallholders in Makhathini Flats, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa / Y. Ismaël, L. Beyers, C. Thirtle and J. Piesse
- Income and Employment Effects of Transgenic Herbicide-resistant Cassava in Colombia : a Preliminary Simulation / D. Pachico, Z. Escobar, L. Rivas, V. Gottret and S. Perez
- Estimating the Economic Effects of GMOs : the Importance of Policy Choices and Preferences / K. Anderson, C.P. Nielsen and S. Robinson
- Smallholders, Transgenic Varieties and Production Efficiency : the Case of Cotton Farmers in China / J. Huang, R. Hu, S. Rozelle, F. Qiao and C.E. Pray.
