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Biotechnology

A Hope or a Threat?

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  • © 1992

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Editors:
  1. Iftikhar Ahmed

    1. Development Economist, International Labour Office, Geneva, Switzerland

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Part of the book series: International Labour Office (ILO)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
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  2. Introduction and Overview

    1. Introduction and Overview

      • Iftikhar Ahmed
      Pages 1-14

  3. Conceptual Approaches

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. A Conceptual Framework for Biotechnology Assessment

      • Harold H. Lee, Frederick E. Tank
      Pages 17-42

    3. New Biotechnologies for Rural Development

      • Paolo Bifani
      Pages 43-62

  4. Advanced Plant Biotechnologies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
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    2. Advanced Plant Biotechnology in Mexico: a Hope for the Neglected?

      • Amarella Eastmond, Manuel L. Robert
      Pages 65-78

    3. Biotechnology and Farm Size in Kenya

      • L. P. Mureithi, B. F. Makau
      Pages 79-93

    4. Biotechnology and Labour Absorption in Malawi Agriculture

      • C. Chipeta, M. W. Mhango
      Pages 94-113

  6. The External Threat

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145
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    2. Biotechnology Trends: A Threat to Philippine Agriculture?

      • Saturnina C. Halos
      Pages 147-165

    3. Can We Avert an Oil Crisis?

      • Guido Ruivenkamp
      Pages 166-188

    4. Policy Perspectives and the Future Outlook

      • Iftikhar Ahmed
      Pages 189-219

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 220-275
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Investigates current applications of biotechnology in developing countries and their impact on the rural poor. Can biotechnologies be specifically designed and deliberately released to alleviate rural poverty, or will they accentuate existing inequalities?

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  • Development Economist, International Labour Office, Geneva, Switzerland

    Iftikhar Ahmed

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