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Biotechnology and agricultural development : transgenic cotton, rural institutions and resource-poor farmers / edited by Robert Tripp.
2009
B 78 TRI.B
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Title
Biotechnology and agricultural development : transgenic cotton, rural institutions and resource-poor farmers / edited by Robert Tripp.
Description
xxiv, 274 pages ; 23 cm.
ISBN
9780415499637
9780203876466 electronic book
0203876466 electronic book
0415499631 hardback
0415543843 paperback
9780415543842 paperback
9781135998776
1135998779
9781135998783 E-Book
1135998787
9781135998738 E-Book
1135998736
9780203876466 electronic book
0203876466 electronic book
0415499631 hardback
0415543843 paperback
9780415543842 paperback
9781135998776
1135998779
9781135998783 E-Book
1135998787
9781135998738 E-Book
1135998736
Alternate Call Number
B 78 TRI.B
Summary
The controversy over genetically modified (GM) crops in industrialized countries is paralleled by a loud debate over their potential role in developing countries, with supporters claiming that GM crops are the best hope for reducing rural poverty and hunger, and opponents predicting that they can only bring corporate control of peasant agriculture and environmental disaster. This book offers an examination of the performance of the new technology in the broader context of the agricultural institutions that govern its generation.
Note
1. Biotechnology and Agricultural Development Robert Tripp 2. Cotton Production and Technology Robert Tripp 3. Development, Agronomic Performance and Sustainability of Transgenic Cotton for Insect Control Ann M. Showalter, Shannon Heuberger, Bruce E. Tabashnik, and Yves Carriere 4. Transgenic Cotton. Assessing Economic Performance in the Field Robert Tripp 5. Transgenic Cotton and Institutional Performance Robert Tripp 6. Farmers' Seed and Pest Control Management for Bt Cotton in China Jikun Huang, Ruijian Chen, Jianwei Mi, Ruifa Hu, and Ellie Osir 7. India's Experience with Bt Cotton: Plant biotechnologyfrom Gujarat and Maharashtra N. Lalitha, Bharat Ramaswami, and P.K. Viswanathan 8. The Socioeconomic Impact of Transgenic Cotton in Colombia Patricia Zambrano, Luz Amparo Fonseca, Ivan Cardona and Eduardo Magalhaes 9. Ten years of Bt cotton in South Africa: Putting the smallholder experience into context Marnus Gouse 10. Summary and Conclusions Robert Tripp.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-267) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
1. Biotechnology and agricultural development; 2. Cotton production and technology; 3. Development, agronomic performance and sustainability of transgenic cotton for insect control; 4. Transgenic cotton: assessing economic performance in the field; 5. Transgenic cotton and institutional performance; 6. Farmers' seed and pest control management for Bt cotton in China; 7. India's experience with Bt cotton: case studies from Gujarat and Maharashtra; 8. The socio-economic impact of transgenic cotton in Colombia; 9. Ten years of Bt cotton in South Africa: putting the smalholder experience into context; 10. Summary and conclusions.
Series
Routledge explorations in environmental economics ; 19.
Location
E05
Published
London : Routledge, 2009.
Language
English
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