This article emphasises the contradictory impact of biotechnologies on the economic system, both as between industrialised and Thirld World countries, and within each of these blocs. Biotechnologies offer Brazil the possibility for a more rational and competitive use of its natural resources,...

With annual production averaging over 20 million metric tons, Brazil is the second largest developing country producer of maize (after China) and the third largest in the world. This report analyses development and dissemination of maize research and technology in Brazil from a socio-economic...