Agricultural Biotechnology : Transgenics in Agriculture and their Implications for Developing Countries

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Agricultural Biotechnology : Transgenics in Agriculture and their Implications for Developing Countries

dc.contributor.author	Pehu, Eija
dc.contributor.author	Ragasa, Catherine
dc.date.accessioned	2012-06-26T15:35:10Z
dc.date.available	2012-06-26T15:35:10Z
dc.date.issued	2008
dc.description.abstract	Technological innovation in agriculture can bring enormous benefits to the poor. High-yielding varieties of staple food crops have improved agricultural productivity, raised incomes, and reduced food prices. Innovations in plant breeding research based on advances in genetics that make it possible to manipulate plant DNA. Referred to as 'biotechnology,' its use in agriculture is controversial, particularly with regard to the development and use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), also known as transgenics. Some believe that transgenics offer great potential for meeting the challenges of feeding the hungry and improving incomes while others are convinced that transgenics will unleash environmental catastrophes, worsen poverty and hunger, and place traditional agriculture and the global food supply at the mercy of corporate interests. This paper synthesizes the research on transgenics and discusses the implications of public sector support for it as a poverty reduction tool.	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/9042
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/9042
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	World Development Report 2008
dc.title	Agricultural Biotechnology : Transgenics in Agriculture and their Implications for Developing Countries	en
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea	Fragility, Conflict, and Violence
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-05T12:15:41.332825Z
okr.globalpractice	Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpractice	Agriculture
okr.globalpractice	Environment and Natural Resources
okr.language.supported	en
okr.region.administrative	Africa
okr.region.administrative	East Asia and Pacific
okr.region.administrative	South Asia
okr.relation.associatedurl	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/5990
okr.topic	Agriculture
okr.topic	Conflict and Development
okr.topic	Environment
okr.topic	Rural Development