Biotechnology and agricultural development transgenic cotton, rural institutions and resource-poor farmers /

• Other Authors: Tripp, Robert Burnet.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
• Series: Routledge explorations in environmental economics ; 19.
• Subjects: Cotton > Case studies. > Economic aspects > Biotechnology > Developing countries; Agricultural biotechnology > Economic aspects > Developing countries.; Agriculture and state > Case studies. > Developing countries; Agricultural biotechnology.; Agriculture and state.; Cotton.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.; POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: ebrary; View fulltext via EzAccess; MyiLibrary
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 274 p.) : ill., maps.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [246]-267) and index.
• ISBN: 9780203876466 (electronic bk.); 0203876466 (electronic bk.); 0415499631 (hardback); 9780415499637 (hardback); 0415543843 (pbk.); 9780415543842 (pbk.)

The controversy over genetically modified (GM) crops in industrialized countries is paralleled by a loud debate over their potential role in developing countries, with supporters claiming that GM crops are the best hope for reducing rural poverty and hunger, and opponents predicting that they can only bring corporate control of peasant agriculture and environmental disaster. This book offers an examination of the performance of the new technology in the broader context of the agricultural institutions that govern its generation.