Title: Biotechnology and agricultural development
Description: This book addresses the continuing controversy over the potential impact of genetically modified (GM) crops in developing countries. Supporters of the technology claim it offers one of the best hopes for increasing agricultural production and reducing rural poverty, while opponents see it as an untested intervention that will bring corporate control of peasant farming. The book examines the issues by reviewing the experience of GM, insect-resistant cotton, the most widely grown GM crop in developing countries.
Subjects: Agricultural biotechnology, Biotechnology, Agriculture and state, Cotton, Economic aspects, Case studies, Agriculture and state, developing countries, Developing countries, economic conditions, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS, Labor, POLITICAL SCIENCE, Labor & Industrial Relations
Places: Developing countries