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

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 on...

Table of Contents:

• Biotechnology and agricultural development / Robert Tripp
• Cotton production and technology / Robert Tripp
• Development, agronomic performance and sustainability of transgenic cotton for insect control / Ann M. Showalter ... [et al.]
• Transgenic cotton : assessing economic performance in the field / Robert Tripp
• Transgenic cotton and institutional performance / Robert Tripp
• Farmers' seed and pest control management for Bt cotton in China / Jikun Huang ... [et al.]
• India's experience with Bt cotton: case studies from Gujarat and Maharashtra / N. Lalitha, Bharat Ramaswami, and P.K. Viswanathan
• The socio-economic impact of transgenic cotton in Colombia / Patricia Zambrano ... [et al.]
• Ten years of Bt cotton in South Africa : putting the smallholder experience into context / Marnus Gouse
• Summary and conclusions / Robert Tripp.