Genetically modified cotton in Uganda: An ex ante evaluation

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Daniela Horna, Patricia Zambrano (p.zambrano@cgiar.org), Jose Benjamin Falck-Zepeda, Theresa Sengooba and Miriam Kyotalimye
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: José Benjamin Falck Zepeda (j.falck-zepeda@cgiar.org)

Chapter 3 in Genetically modified crops in Africa: Economic and policy lessons from countries south of the Sahara, 2013, pp 61-97 from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: The Ugandan government has recognized the need to increase the per¬formance of cotton and the potential of crop biotechnologies, particu¬larly the role of genetically modified (GM) varieties to improve cotton production and thus the economy in general. In 2008, the National Biosafety Committee of Uganda approved the guidelines for implementing con¬fined trials, which enabled testing the environmental safety and performance of insect-resistant (Bt) and herbicide-tolerant (HT) cotton varieties. The implementation of the confined trials started in May 2009.

Keywords: Uganda; East Africa; 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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