Successful Agricultural Innovation in Emerging Economies

"World population is forecast to grow from 7 to 9 billion by 2050, one in six is already hungry and food production must increase by 70-100% if it is to feed this growing population. No single solution will solve this problem, but recent developments in the genetic technologies of plant breeding can help to increase agricultural efficiencies and save people from hunger in a sustainable manner, particularly in African nations where the need is greatest. These advances can rapidly incorporate new traits, tailor existing crops to meet new requirements and also greatly reduce the time and costs taken to improve local crop varieties. This book provides a collected, reliable, succinct review, which deals expressly with the successful implementation of the new plant genetic sciences in emerging economies in the context of the interrelated key regulatory, social, ethical, political and trade matters"--Cover, p. [4].

Yayınevi

University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations

Yayın tarihi

2013

Sayfa sayısı

456

Dil

İngilizce

ISBN

9781107026704 · 1107026709

Konular

Agriculture, developing countries, Agricultural biotechnology, Biotechnology, Food crops, Agriculture, Crop improvement, Crops, Gentechnologie