GM agricultural technologies for Africa: A state of affairs

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Judith A. Chambers, Patricia Zambrano (p.zambrano@cgiar.org), Falck-Zepeda, José Benjamin, Gruère, Guillaume P., Debdatta Sengupta and Karen Hokanson
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: José Benjamin Falck Zepeda (j.falck-zepeda@cgiar.org)

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Abstract: The African Development Bank (AfDB), in commissioning this report to be prepared by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), highlighted the need for a comprehensive, evidenced-based review of agricultural biotechnology in order to better understand its current status, issues, constraints, and opportunities for Africa. Agricultural biotechnology comprises several scientific techniques (genetic engineering, molecular marker-assisted breeding, the use of molecular diagnostics and vaccines, and tissue cul­ture) that are used to improve plants, animals, and microorganisms. However, in prepar­ing this desktop analysis, IFPRI has focused on genetic modification (GM) technologies in particular and on the agricultural context in which they are being applied, because GM technologies are at the center of the controversy about biotechnology’s role in Africa. In addition, because we have attempted to focus our review on peer-reviewed evidence and documented examples, the preponderance of data presented in the report is focused on genetically modified (also abbreviated GM) crops in use and under development, although we recognize the potential of the technology for livestock, fisheries, and forestry.

Keywords: Africa south of Sahara; Africa; agricultural policies; biotechnology; biosafety; genetically modified organisms; biofortification; varieties; regulations; intellectual property rights; trade; natural resources; agricultural research; innovation; agricultural development; risk; agricultural technologies; productivity; agricultural growth; crop improvement; crop breeding; molecular marker assisted breeding (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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