Handbook On Agriculture, Biotechnology And Development

This book is a compendium of knowledge, experience and insight on agriculture, biotechnology and development. Beginning with an account of GM crop adoptions and attitudes towards them, the book assesses numerous crucial processes, concluding with detailed insights into GM products. Drawing on expert perspectives of leading authors from 57 different institutions in 16 countries, it provides a unique, global overview of agbiotech following 20 years of adoption. Many consider GM crops the most rapid agricultural innovation adopted in the history of agriculture. This book provides insights as to why the adoption has occurred globally at such a rapid rate. This is a rich and varied collection of research, which will appeal to scholars, academics and practitioners worldwide. An invaluable resource, this book will be a first point of reference to anyone with an interest in agbiotech and studies into agriculture, biotechnology and development.

1. Introduction to Agriculture, Biotechnology and Development

PART I: EXOGENOUS VARIABLES: THE ENVIRONMENT, ACTORS AND RULES

2. Global Adoption of GM Crops, 1995–2010

3. Structure of Public Research

4. The Private Sector: MNEs and SMEs

5. Biotechnology in North America: The United States, Canada and Mexico

6. South American Adopters: Argentina and Brazil

7. Africa

8. China

9. Agricultural Biotechnology in India: Impacts and Controversies

10. Oceania: Australia, New Zealand, Japan and The Philippines

11. European Union Policy Conflicts over Agbiotech: Ecological Modernisation Perspectives and Critiques

12. Africa Non-adopters

13. Non-adopters of GM Crops in Latin American

14. The Cuban Context for Agriculture and Innovation

15. Risk Assessment Frameworks in the Multilateral Setting

16. The Trade System and Biotechnology

17. Developing Countries and the Legal Institutions at the Intersection of Agbiotech and Development

18. Consumer Attitudes and Preferences for GM Products

19. The Motivation and Impact of Organized Public Resistance Against Agricultural Biotechnology

PART II: ACTION ARENAS

20. The Research Pipeline

21. Clusters, Innovation Systems and Biotechnology in Developing Country Agriculture

22. Practice Driving Policy: Agbiotech Transfer as Capacity Building

23. The North American Crop Biotech Environment, Actors and Rules

24. Adoption Decisions

25. Co-existence

26. Biotechnology and the Inputs Industry

27. Market Power in the US Biotech Industry

28. The Dynamic IP System in Crop Genetics and Biotechnology

29. Environment Effects

30. Labelling of Genetically Modified Foods

31. Biotechnology and Food Security

32. International Regimes on Plant Intellectual Property Rights and Plant Genetic Resources: Implications for Stakeholders

33. Engaging Publics on Agbiotech: A Retrospective Look

34. Lessons from the California GM Labelling Proposition on the State of Crop Biotechnology

35. Biotechnology Communications, Mythmaking and the Media

PART III: OUTCOMES

36. Soybeans

37. Maize/Corn

38. GM Cotton

39. Canola

40. The Hawaiian Papaya Story

41. Sugar Beet

42. Rice

43. Aggregate Effects: Adopters and Non-adopters, Investors and Consumers

44. Economic Success but Political Failure? The Paradox of GM Crops in Developing Countries

45. The Size and Distribution of the Benefits from the Adoption of Biotech Soybean Varieties

46. Wheat: Status, Outlook and Implications

47. Small Grains: Barley, Oat and Rye

48. Incremental Benefits of Genetically Modified Bananas in Uganda

49. Biofuels and GM Feedstocks

50. Non-food GM Crops: Phytoremediation, Industrial Products and Pharmaceuticals

51. Tomatoes, Potatoes and Flax: Exploring the Cost of Lost Innovations