Since the late 1980s, technological advances and policy reforms have created new opportunities for private-sector investment in India’s seed and agricultural biotechnology industries. These changes have had a significant impact on cotton yields and output in India, but less so for rice and...

Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview -- SECTION I: Policy Perspective -- Chapter 2. Modern Organised Retail and Its Impact on Agriculture -- Chapter 3. Contribution of Organized Retailing to Agriculture Distribution System: Prospects and Challenges -- Chapter 4. Retail Trade in Agriculture,...

Replaced with revised version of paper 07/28/05.

Building on the evidence from the impact of hybrid technology on varietal diversity loss, this paper explores ex ante the possible effects of introduction of Bt eggplant on on-farm varietal diversity of eggplant. The public–private partnership involved in the development and introduction of Bt...