The gene revolution and global food security
Subtitle: biotechnology innovation in latecomers
By: Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Padmashree Gehl Sampath
Contributors: Sampath, Padmashree Gehl
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Basingstoke, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9780230228825
Description: "Using the concept of innovation capacity, this book, using recent field data from countries in Asia and Africa, competently demonstrates how biotechnology can contribute to sustainable economic development. The approach articulates the imperative for developing countries to build up specific capabilities backed up by policies and institutions"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-224) and index.
Table of contents: title: Agricultural biotechnology innovation capacity and economic development; title: Sectoral systems for agricultural biotechnology; title: Malaysia biotechnology : a fast follower; title: Vietnam biotechnology : building local capacity; title: Nigeria as a very late follower in agricultural biotechnology; title: Kenya's incipient innovation capacity in biotechnology; title: Comparative analysis of innovation capacity in latecomer countries; title: Policy insights and recommendations.