Economic and Social Issues in Agricultural Biotechnology

There are currently many controversial socioeconomic issues concerned with the development and implementation of agricultural biotechnology. This book presents selected, revised and edited papers from the fourth and fifth meetings of the International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research, held in Italy in 2000 and 2001. Key topics addressed include: Intellectual property rights and technological exchange; public-private issues; genetic technologies and methods; developing country experiences; international models.