Synopsis of Genetically modified crops in Africa: Economic and policy lessons from countries south of the Sahara

Agriculture has a crucial role to play in ending hunger and poverty in Africa, as it contributes approximately 35 percent of the continent’s gross domestic product while accounting for 70 percent of its labor force. Raising agricultural productivity is one of the best ways to increase rural income,...

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Autores principales: Falck-Zepeda, José B., Gruère, Guillaume P., Sithole-Niang, Idah
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153679
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author Falck-Zepeda, José B.
Gruère, Guillaume P.
Sithole-Niang, Idah
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description Agriculture has a crucial role to play in ending hunger and poverty in Africa, as it contributes approximately 35 percent of the continent’s gross domestic product while accounting for 70 percent of its labor force. Raising agricultural productivity is one of the best ways to increase rural income, and one promising but controversial means of increasing agricultural productivity is biotechnology, including genetically modified (GM) crops and other organisms.
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spelling CGSpace1536792025-11-06T04:40:56Z Synopsis of Genetically modified crops in Africa: Economic and policy lessons from countries south of the Sahara Falck-Zepeda, José B. Gruère, Guillaume P. Sithole-Niang, Idah biotechnology transgenic plants risk assessment economic aspects biosafety regulations Agriculture has a crucial role to play in ending hunger and poverty in Africa, as it contributes approximately 35 percent of the continent’s gross domestic product while accounting for 70 percent of its labor force. Raising agricultural productivity is one of the best ways to increase rural income, and one promising but controversial means of increasing agricultural productivity is biotechnology, including genetically modified (GM) crops and other organisms. 2013 2024-10-01T13:57:08Z 2024-10-01T13:57:08Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153679 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Falck-Zepeda, José Benjamin; Gruère, Guillaume P.; Sithole-Niang, Idah 2013. Synopsis of Genetically modified crops in Africa: Economic and policy lessons from countries south of the Sahara. IFPRI Issue Brief 80. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153679
spellingShingle biotechnology
transgenic plants
risk assessment
economic aspects
biosafety regulations
Falck-Zepeda, José B.
Gruère, Guillaume P.
Sithole-Niang, Idah
Synopsis of Genetically modified crops in Africa: Economic and policy lessons from countries south of the Sahara
title Synopsis of Genetically modified crops in Africa: Economic and policy lessons from countries south of the Sahara
title_full Synopsis of Genetically modified crops in Africa: Economic and policy lessons from countries south of the Sahara
title_fullStr Synopsis of Genetically modified crops in Africa: Economic and policy lessons from countries south of the Sahara
title_full_unstemmed Synopsis of Genetically modified crops in Africa: Economic and policy lessons from countries south of the Sahara
title_short Synopsis of Genetically modified crops in Africa: Economic and policy lessons from countries south of the Sahara
title_sort synopsis of genetically modified crops in africa economic and policy lessons from countries south of the sahara
topic biotechnology
transgenic plants
risk assessment
economic aspects
biosafety regulations
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