By Rob Tripp
ISBN-10: 0203876466
ISBN-13: 9780203876466
ISBN-10: 0415499631
ISBN-13: 9780415499637
ISBN-10: 0415543843
ISBN-13: 9780415543842
This publication addresses the continued controversy over the aptitude impression of genetically changed (GM) vegetation in constructing international locations. Supporters of the expertise declare it bargains the best hopes for expanding agricultural creation and lowering rural poverty, whereas competitors see it as an untested intervention that might carry company keep an eye on of peasant farming. The e-book examines the problems by means of reviewing the Read more...
content material: Biotechnology and agricultural improvement / Robert Tripp --
Cotton construction and expertise / Robert Tripp --
improvement, agronomic functionality and sustainability of transgenic cotton for insect keep an eye on / Ann M. Showalter ... [et al.] --
Transgenic cotton : assessing monetary functionality within the box / Robert Tripp --
Transgenic cotton and institutional functionality / Robert Tripp --
Farmers' seed and pest keep watch over administration for Bt cotton in China / Jikun Huang ... [et al.] --
India's event with Bt cotton: case stories from Gujarat and Maharashtra / N. Lalitha, Bharat Ramaswami, and P.K. Viswanathan --
The socio-economic effect of transgenic cotton in Colombia / Patricia Zambrano ... [et al.] --
Ten years of Bt cotton in South Africa : placing the smallholder event into context / Marnus Gouse.
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Article 26 of the Protocol allows countries to include socio-economic considerations in their decisions. Although this is aimed principally at the protection of the biological resources and biodiversity in areas inhabited by local communities, it may be extended to considerations of local traditions, knowledge and practices. A number of national biosafety laws incorporate these interests. For instance, the draft of the National Biosafety Framework of the Philippines includes the provision that ‘the socioeconomic, ethical and cultural benefits and risks, of modern biotechnology to the Philippines and its citizens, and in particular on small farmers, indigenous peoples, women, small and medium enterprises and the domestic scientific community, shall be taken into account’ (Fransen et al.
For instance, farmers’ lack of capacity to test alternatives for pest control may lead them to over-invest in what they see as risk-reducing pesticides. Third, technologies that provide attractive short-term returns may have negative externalities over the long run; the pesticide treadmill is one of the more prominent examples. Fourth, it is important to recognize that a technology need only be marginally superior in order to achieve widespread uptake; there is a distinction between a technology’s prevalence and its relative importance (Edgerton 2006).
Biodiversity and the environment One of the principal concerns about the safety of transgenic crops is their impact on biodiversity. There are several issues here. One concern is that the spread of transgenic varieties may lead to a reduction in the number and diversity of crop varieties grown. This has been an issue debated at least since the Green Revolution, when modern varieties replaced a large number of traditional varieties, and a single variety could take the place of several landraces found in dispersed localities.