To reach the poor: results from the ISNAR-IFPRI Next Harvest study on genetically modified crops, public research, and policy implications

Local farming communities throughout the world face productivity constraints, environmental concerns, and diverse nutritional needs. Developing countries address these challenges in a number of ways. One way is public research that produces genetically modified (GM) crops and recognize biotechnology...

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Published in:Policy File 2004
Main Authors: Atanassov, Atanas, Bahieldin, Ahmed, Brink, Johan, Burachik, Moises, Cohen, Joel I, Dhawan, Vibha, Ebora, Reynaldo V, Falck-Zepeda, José, Herrera-Estrella, Luis, Komen, John, Chon Low, Fee, Omaliko, Emeka, Odhiambo, Benjamin, Quemada, Hector, Peng, Yufa, Sampaio, Maria Jose, Sithole-Niang, Idah, Sittenfeld, Ana, Smale, Melinda, Sutrisno, Valyasevi, Ruud, Zafar, Yusuf, Zambrano, Patricia
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture
International Food Policy Research Institute
International/Economic development
Poverty
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Summary:Local farming communities throughout the world face productivity constraints, environmental concerns, and diverse nutritional needs. Developing countries address these challenges in a number of ways. One way is public research that produces genetically modified (GM) crops and recognize biotechnology as a part of the solution. To reach these communities, GM crops, after receiving biosafety agreement, must be approved for evaluation under local conditions. However, gaps between approvals in the developed and developing world grow larger, as the process of advancing GM crops in developing countries becomes increasingly difficult. In several countries, only insect resistant cotton has successfully moved from small, confined experimental trials to larger, open trials and to farms.