Despite the dramatic increase in cowpea production, the paper presents evidence to show that promoting rural development through the international transfer of plant varieties is more complex than commonly imagined. Lasting success of imported technology depends heavily on a country's scientific...

The role of G&S has shifted from a technical instrument to reduce transaction costs in homogeneous commodity markets to a strategic instrument of competition in differentiated product markets. The nature of G&S has shifted from performance (realized characteristics of the product) to process...