The capacity to increase the supply of food and other agricultural products is of obvious importance to developing countries, particularly those faced with rapidly growing populations. The authors examine trends in agricultural research and extension programmes between 1959 and 1980 in several...

Untersucht wird, in welchem Umfang spezifische internationale Organisationen (hier das International Rice Research Institute, Philippinen) und Programme zur Entwicklung und Verbreitung neuer, besserer Reissorten beigetragen haben. Nach einer knappen Abhandlung von Reisanbaumethoden und der...

Anhand empirischer Untersuchungsergebnisse analysieren die Autoren Rolle und Einfluß von Frauen bei der Führung bäuerlicher Betriebe in Burkina Faso. Nicht zuletzt geht es um die Impulse, die mit Unterstützung der Weltbank und nichtstaatlicher Organisationen in den 80er Jahren eingeführte...

Plant breeding patents, the ownership of biological innovation and associated intellectual property rights (IPR) are the subject of increased attention worldwide. Particularly relevant to the field of biotechnology, this book presents the perspectives of policy-makers and economists on such issues.

This volume of 24 chapters reviews the regulatory changes in agricultural biotechnology. It primarily considers the relationship between these changes and innovation, market development and international trade

The debate in less developed nations over whether to adopt stronger patent protection laws emphasizes the tradeoff between encouraging development of relevant technology through the promise of monopoly profits and discouraging application of existing technology through monopoly control of patent...

The debate in less developed nations over whether to adopt stronger patent protection laws emphasizes the tradeoff between encouraging development of relevant technology through the promise of monopoly profits and discouraging application of existing technology through monopoly control of patent...