</titre> <alinea/> The use of Genetically Modified Cotton (GMC) in South Africa, since 1996-1997, derives mainly from commercial farming by white farmers. It is therefore incorrect to present the so-called South African success as an example of successful use of GMC by smallholding farmers. Considering the...

This chapter serves to assess the quantity and impact of private agricultural research in developing countries, alongside the policies which affect that research. To provide context, an outline of the history, size and structure of private research presents data on research expenditures by...

Indian agricultural input industries have gone through a major transformation in the last 40 years. State owned firms grew during the Green Revolution and then stagnated or declined. Indian corporations that were protected from foreign competition are now exporters of agricultural tractors and...