This study examines the potential impact of changes in the public/private sector balance for biotechnology development … and diffusion in developing country agriculture. It focuses on biotechnology related to two important developing country …

This case study of Mexico examines developments in agricultural biotechnology against the background of recent changes …, technology development and diffusion of biotechnology in agriculture. The study suggests that, under current conditions …, biotechnology is likely to benefit only those producers already taking advantage of relatively complex technological packages and to …

today. The institutional framework of the biotechnology activity in the country is later exposed to lay the elements for an … prioritized crop cases, of how biotechnology interacts with other processes, sometimes as an integral part of a research program … section on diffusion of biotechnology products forms a synthesis of what was previously reviewed, while the last section, on …

This case study of Zimbabwe has examined developments in biotechnology against the background of a welldeveloped … national agricultural research, plant breeding and seeds system. It has then assessed the constraints to biotechnology research … biotechnology applications will be determined essentially by their economic advantage over techniques currently in use. In the case …

biotechnology applications in developing countries. These initiatives, which include a wide range of biotechnology research …, by commercial firms. This study, based on the results of a survey conducted by the Intermediary Biotechnology Service …