Genetically modified foods and crops: Africa’s choice

Robert Paarlberg

Chapter 8 in Genetically modified crops in Africa: Economic and policy lessons from countries south of the Sahara, 2013, pp 207-217 from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: The future of genetically modified (GM) foods and crops in Africa will depend heavily on choices African governments make regarding the reg¬ulation of this technology. There are two different regulatory approaches to choose between: the approach used by the European Union (EU) and that used by the United States.

Keywords: Africa south of Sahara; Africa; biotechnology; Transgenic plants; Risk assessment; Economic aspects; Biosafety regulations; Biotechnological safety; socioeconomic development; Genetically engineered organisms; Genetically modified foods; Data collection; genetic heterogeneity; ex-ante impact assessment; Ex-post impact assessment; Developing countries; bt cotton; maize; banana; Agricultural research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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