.Keywords: Biosafety, economic aspects, developing countries, agriculture, biotechnology, research … risks of biotechnology products and "accident" costs to the society; increased predictability for a research organization of … research and development activities. Developing countries should balance these potential benefits with the tangible costs of …

, research and extension projects and programs are viewed as arenas in which social actors–village leaders, farmers, researchers …

risks of biotechnology products and "accident" costs to the society; increased predictability for a research organization of … research and development activities. Developing countries should balance these potential benefits with the tangible costs of … increase the research lag, production costs, transaction costs and marketing costs. Given the scarcity of human and physical …

smallholder agriculture. Given the failures of agricultural development aid and policy in the past, cross-sector collaboration …

health and sustainability of the nation's range- and grazinglands. Therefore, a coordinated national research and technology …

unique study. The thesis includes sections on plantation or estate agriculture, farming systems approaches to research and …This thesis covers years of field work in Malawi, Africa by the author as a Research Agronomist (Tree Nuts) for the … Government of Malawi. The thesis is an action research type with core and thesis projects which are closely linked. The client …