The Gene Revolution and Global Food Security: Biotechnology Innovation in Latecomers - Rilegato

Oyelaran-oyeyinka, B.; Sampath, P. Gehl; Gehl Sampath, Padmashree

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0230228828 ISBN 13: 9780230228825

Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

Riassunto

Using the concept of innovation capacity, this book, using recent field data from countries in Asia and Africa, competently demonstrates how biotechnology can contribute to sustainable economic development. The approach articulates the imperative for developing countries to build up specific capabilities backed up by policies and institutions.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka has contributed extensively to the field of innovation and development over the past two decades. Having obtained a PhD from the Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex, UK, he has worked for the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research, Ibadan, the African Technology Policy Studies Network, UNCTAD and UNU-INTECH (now MERIT). He is currently Director of the Monitoring and Research Division at UN-HABITAT in Nairobi.

Padmashree Gehl Sampath is an expert on innovation and development issues having worked for several years as a Researcher at the United Nations University-MERIT and then as a Lecturer on International Development and Innovation at the Open University, UK. She is currently a United Nations staff member at UNCTAD, Geneva and has contributed extensively to international and regional debates on these issues through her research and from the various projects that she has led in the field.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0230228828
• ISBN 13: 9780230228825
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 237
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