International Context of Socioeconomic Considerations and the Regulation of Genetically Modified Organisms

José Falck-Zepeda (), Karinne Ludlow () and Stuart J. Smyth ()
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José Falck-Zepeda: International Food Policy Research Institute
Karinne Ludlow: Monash University
Stuart J. Smyth: University of Saskatchewan
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: José Benjamin Falck Zepeda

Chapter 3 in Socio-Economic Considerations in Biotechnology Regulation, 2014, pp 37-52 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Many countries have made significant investment in developing broad agricultural biotechnology capacity focused on developing plant and animal breeding, advanced genomics, tissue culture, and genetic transformations (Falck-Zepeda et al. 2009). Developing countries have been particularly interested in supporting their resource poor smallholder farmers while addressing multiple productivity challenges and cultural diversity and operating in agricultural and natural ecosystems which may be mega biodiverse. These challenges are made more difficult to overcome because developing countries also face significant institutional and policy challenges.

Keywords: European Union; Precautionary Principle; Technology Adoption; International Context; Biosafety Assessment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-9440-9_3

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