Agricultural biotechnology and the transformation of West African agriculture: Challenges and regional perspectives

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dc.contributor.authorZoundi, J. S.en
dc.contributor.authorHitimana, L.en
dc.contributor.authorHussein, K.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialWest Africaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:11:23Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:11:23Zen
dc.date.issued2006en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThis report summarizes consultations held with West African governmental and non-governmental actors regarding the role of agriculture in medium- and long-term development in West Africa and the impact of agricultural innovation on societal development. Objectives of the consultations included debate of the issues regarding agricultural biotechnology; the need to preserve biodiversity and protect the species and germplasm of local crop varieties; the socio-economic impact of biotechnology on economically vulnerable producers; fear of producers' long-term dependency for seed on international companies; and safety measures that would need to be followed in utilizing agricultural biotechnology.en
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dc.identifier2004en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66589en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherParis, France: Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC)en
dc.relation.urihttp://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/7/22/38325946.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectNatural resource managementen
dc.subjectBiotechnologyen
dc.subjectAgricultureen
dc.subjectAgrobiodiversityen
dc.subjectEcosystem Farm/Enterprise Scale Field Scaleen
dc.titleAgricultural biotechnology and the transformation of West African agriculture: Challenges and regional perspectivesen
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