TY  - BOOK
AU  - Oyeyinka,Banji
AU  - Sampath,Padmashree Gehl
TI  - The gene revolution and global food security : : biotechnology inno vation in latecomers / 
SN  - 9780230228825 (hardback)
U1  - 338.1/6   22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Basingstoke, UK ; ,  New York : , New York : 
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan, 
KW  - Agricultural biotechnology
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - Agricultural development projects
KW  - Food security
N1  -  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
N2  -  "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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