Biotechnology, agriculture, and food security in Southern Africa

Biotechnology disputes fall into the ever-expanding category of policy disputes characterized by multidimensionality and complexity. By their very nature, these disputes are centered around politically charged issues of allocation of rights to resources, as well as distribution of the benefits and c...

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Autores principales: Omamo, Steven Were, von Grebmer, Klaus
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/158143
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description Biotechnology disputes fall into the ever-expanding category of policy disputes characterized by multidimensionality and complexity. By their very nature, these disputes are centered around politically charged issues of allocation of rights to resources, as well as distribution of the benefits and costs of technological change. They typically involve a high degree of scientific uncertainty, long time horizons, and decisionmaking at multiple jurisdictional levels. Such disputes are therefore likely to pose exacting challenges. They involve a wide range of political, economic, social, and scientific considerations. Their satisfactory resolution therefore requires multistakeholder participation in a process of finding and maintaining a dynamic balance between political and technical priorities. In this process civil society can provide much of the expertise and creative thinking that is required to identify needs, generate innovative policy options, and implement agreements while governments retain their preeminent functions of ultimate decisionmaking.
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spelling CGSpace1581432025-11-06T04:18:23Z Biotechnology, agriculture, and food security in Southern Africa Omamo, Steven Were von Grebmer, Klaus biotechnology policies resource allocation intellectual property rights agriculture economic development sustainable development Biotechnology disputes fall into the ever-expanding category of policy disputes characterized by multidimensionality and complexity. By their very nature, these disputes are centered around politically charged issues of allocation of rights to resources, as well as distribution of the benefits and costs of technological change. They typically involve a high degree of scientific uncertainty, long time horizons, and decisionmaking at multiple jurisdictional levels. Such disputes are therefore likely to pose exacting challenges. They involve a wide range of political, economic, social, and scientific considerations. Their satisfactory resolution therefore requires multistakeholder participation in a process of finding and maintaining a dynamic balance between political and technical priorities. In this process civil society can provide much of the expertise and creative thinking that is required to identify needs, generate innovative policy options, and implement agreements while governments retain their preeminent functions of ultimate decisionmaking. 2005 2024-10-24T16:09:41Z 2024-10-24T16:09:41Z Book https://hdl.handle.net/10568/158143 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Omamo, Steven Were, ed. and von Grebmer, Klaus, ed. 2005. Biotechnology, agriculture, and food security in Southern Africa. Washington, DC and Harare, Zimbabwe: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources Policy Network (FANRPAN). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/158143
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economic development
sustainable development
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Biotechnology, agriculture, and food security in Southern Africa
title Biotechnology, agriculture, and food security in Southern Africa
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title_short Biotechnology, agriculture, and food security in Southern Africa
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policies
resource allocation
intellectual property rights
agriculture
economic development
sustainable development
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