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The gene revolution and global food security : biotechnology inno vation in latecomers / Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Padmashree Gehl Samp ath.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Basingstoke, UK ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. New York : Description: xvii, 237 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780230228825 (hardback)
  • 0230228828 (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.1/6   22
Contents:
Agricultural biotechnology innovation capacity and economic developm ent -- Sectoral systems for agricultural biotechnology -- Malaysia biot echnology : a fast follower -- Vietnam biotechnology : building local c apacity -- Nigeria as a very late follower in agricultural biotechnolog y -- Kenya's incipient innovation capacity in biotechnology -- Comparat ive analysis of innovation capacity in latecomer countries -- Policy in sights and recommendations.
Summary: "Using the concept of innovation capacity, this book, using recent f ield data from countries in Asia and Africa, competently demonstrates h ow biotechnology can contribute to sustainable economic development. Th e approach articulates the imperative for developing countries to build up specific capabilities backed up by policies and institutions"--Prov ided by publisher.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Books - Open Access Books - Open Access College of Natural Sciences Library- CONAS 338.16 OY E (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 001172027

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-224) and index.

Agricultural biotechnology innovation capacity and economic developm ent -- Sectoral systems for agricultural biotechnology -- Malaysia biot echnology : a fast follower -- Vietnam biotechnology : building local c apacity -- Nigeria as a very late follower in agricultural biotechnolog y -- Kenya's incipient innovation capacity in biotechnology -- Comparat ive analysis of innovation capacity in latecomer countries -- Policy in sights and recommendations.

"Using the concept of innovation capacity, this book, using recent f ield data from countries in Asia and Africa, competently demonstrates h ow biotechnology can contribute to sustainable economic development. Th e approach articulates the imperative for developing countries to build up specific capabilities backed up by policies and institutions"--Prov ided by publisher.

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