Agricultural Biotechnology : Transgenics in Agriculture and their Implications for Developing Countries

Technological innovation in agriculture can bring enormous benefits to the poor. High-yielding varieties of staple food crops have improved agricultural productivity, raised incomes, and reduced food prices. Innovations in plant breeding research based on advances in genetics that make it possible t...

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Main Authors:	Pehu, Eija, Ragasa, Catherine
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	World Development Report 2008
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9042

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spelling	okr-10986-90422021-04-23T14:02:44Z Agricultural Biotechnology : Transgenics in Agriculture and their Implications for Developing Countries Pehu, Eija Ragasa, Catherine World Development Report 2008 Technological innovation in agriculture can bring enormous benefits to the poor. High-yielding varieties of staple food crops have improved agricultural productivity, raised incomes, and reduced food prices. Innovations in plant breeding research based on advances in genetics that make it possible to manipulate plant DNA. Referred to as 'biotechnology,' its use in agriculture is controversial, particularly with regard to the development and use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), also known as transgenics. Some believe that transgenics offer great potential for meeting the challenges of feeding the hungry and improving incomes while others are convinced that transgenics will unleash environmental catastrophes, worsen poverty and hunger, and place traditional agriculture and the global food supply at the mercy of corporate interests. This paper synthesizes the research on transgenics and discusses the implications of public sector support for it as a poverty reduction tool. 2012-06-26T15:35:10Z 2012-06-26T15:35:10Z 2008 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9042 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Africa East Asia and Pacific South Asia
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description	Technological innovation in agriculture can bring enormous benefits to the poor. High-yielding varieties of staple food crops have improved agricultural productivity, raised incomes, and reduced food prices. Innovations in plant breeding research based on advances in genetics that make it possible to manipulate plant DNA. Referred to as 'biotechnology,' its use in agriculture is controversial, particularly with regard to the development and use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), also known as transgenics. Some believe that transgenics offer great potential for meeting the challenges of feeding the hungry and improving incomes while others are convinced that transgenics will unleash environmental catastrophes, worsen poverty and hunger, and place traditional agriculture and the global food supply at the mercy of corporate interests. This paper synthesizes the research on transgenics and discusses the implications of public sector support for it as a poverty reduction tool.
author	Pehu, Eija Ragasa, Catherine
author_facet	Pehu, Eija Ragasa, Catherine
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title	Agricultural Biotechnology : Transgenics in Agriculture and their Implications for Developing Countries
title_short	Agricultural Biotechnology : Transgenics in Agriculture and their Implications for Developing Countries
title_full	Agricultural Biotechnology : Transgenics in Agriculture and their Implications for Developing Countries
title_fullStr	Agricultural Biotechnology : Transgenics in Agriculture and their Implications for Developing Countries
title_full_unstemmed	Agricultural Biotechnology : Transgenics in Agriculture and their Implications for Developing Countries
title_sort	agricultural biotechnology : transgenics in agriculture and their implications for developing countries
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Agricultural Biotechnology : Transgenics in Agriculture and their Implications for Developing Countries

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