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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 …
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India's self-sufficiency in food production has been achieved by the adoption of chemicals-intensive farming methods which have contributed to serious deterioration of the environment. New evironmentally-friendly technologies, which maintain (or increase) current levels of productivity, are...
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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 …
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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 …
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Maize is a relatively new crop in Thailand, but since commercial production began in the 1950s it has become the second most important crop in terms of planted area and one of the country's top four agricultural exports. Major changes are occurring in the maize market in Thailand. On the supply...
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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 …
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With annual production averaging over 20 million metric tons, Brazil is the second largest developing country producer of maize (after China) and the third largest in the world. This report analyses development and dissemination of maize research and technology in Brazil from a socio-economic...
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After rice, maize is the second most important staple food in Indonesia, and is cultivated under a diversity of agro-ecological conditions. While food accounts for more than half total maize utilisation, demand for maize as livestock feed - particularly for poultry - has been growing rapidly in...
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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 …
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Maize has been a staple food in Mexico since pre-Hispanic times and is still an important source of calories and protein in daily consumption, especially for poor families. The pattern of consumption is nevertheless changing; with the share of food consumption declining and feed utilisation...
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