Cassava biotechnology priority setting: old hat for a new tool

Biotechnology techniques, tools and products can offer time and cost savings for agricultural R & D. Biotech`s early start concentrated for the major part on highly commercial, primary crops and private sector labs. Biotech research involvement in a secondary crop like cassava has been relatively re...

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Autores principales: Henry, Guy, Thro, Ann Marie, Lynam, John K.
Formato: Conference Paper
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Center for Tropical Agriculture 1995
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/55843
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author Henry, Guy
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Lynam, John K.
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description Biotechnology techniques, tools and products can offer time and cost savings for agricultural R & D. Biotech`s early start concentrated for the major part on highly commercial, primary crops and private sector labs. Biotech research involvement in a secondary crop like cassava has been relatively recent. The Cassava Biotechnology Network (CBN) was founded to optimize the utilization of scarce cassava biotech resources while enhancing the direct and indirect impact of cassava biotechnology. CBN therefore has emphasized the role of Priority setting as one of its tools to accomplish these objectives. CBN offers an opportunity for reassessing current cassava research needs and subsequent priorities. The reassessment will include a socioeconomic, political, and institutional assessment of the comparative advantages of biotechnology research over traditional research approaches. Biotechnology does not require a special process at the needs assessment, user interaction stage. Only at a later stage, when biotechnology is one of possible approaches to an identified need, is a method required for objective consideration among research approaches. The final product must be a user-friendly decision making tool. Any priority setting method is of value only if it is dynamic and flexible
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spelling CGSpace558432024-01-09T09:49:49Z Cassava biotechnology priority setting: old hat for a new tool Henry, Guy Thro, Ann Marie Lynam, John K. manihot esculenta research networks biotechnology traditional farming innovation adoption redes de investigación biotecnología agricultura tradicional adopción de innovaciones Biotechnology techniques, tools and products can offer time and cost savings for agricultural R & D. Biotech`s early start concentrated for the major part on highly commercial, primary crops and private sector labs. Biotech research involvement in a secondary crop like cassava has been relatively recent. The Cassava Biotechnology Network (CBN) was founded to optimize the utilization of scarce cassava biotech resources while enhancing the direct and indirect impact of cassava biotechnology. CBN therefore has emphasized the role of Priority setting as one of its tools to accomplish these objectives. CBN offers an opportunity for reassessing current cassava research needs and subsequent priorities. The reassessment will include a socioeconomic, political, and institutional assessment of the comparative advantages of biotechnology research over traditional research approaches. Biotechnology does not require a special process at the needs assessment, user interaction stage. Only at a later stage, when biotechnology is one of possible approaches to an identified need, is a method required for objective consideration among research approaches. The final product must be a user-friendly decision making tool. Any priority setting method is of value only if it is dynamic and flexible 1995 2015-01-28T14:21:53Z 2015-01-28T14:21:53Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/55843 en Open Access International Center for Tropical Agriculture Henry, Guy; Thro, Ann Marie; Lynam, John. 1995. Cassava biotechnology priority setting: Old hat for a new tool. In: International Scientific Meeting (2, 1984, Bogor, Indonesia). The Cassava Biotechnology Network: Proceedings. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Cali, CO. v. 1, p. 46.1-46.18. (Working document no. 150)
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research networks
biotechnology
traditional farming
innovation adoption
redes de investigación
biotecnología
agricultura tradicional
adopción de innovaciones
Henry, Guy
Thro, Ann Marie
Lynam, John K.
Cassava biotechnology priority setting: old hat for a new tool
title Cassava biotechnology priority setting: old hat for a new tool
title_full Cassava biotechnology priority setting: old hat for a new tool
title_fullStr Cassava biotechnology priority setting: old hat for a new tool
title_full_unstemmed Cassava biotechnology priority setting: old hat for a new tool
title_short Cassava biotechnology priority setting: old hat for a new tool
title_sort cassava biotechnology priority setting old hat for a new tool
topic manihot esculenta
research networks
biotechnology
traditional farming
innovation adoption
redes de investigación
biotecnología
agricultura tradicional
adopción de innovaciones
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