Managing Agricultural Biotechnology

Based on ISNAR seminars, this book provides information and case studies distilling information on policies for development and implementation of new agricultural biotechnologies. It covers key managerial and policy issues that research directors, program managers and policymakers face when building capacity and competency in biotechnology.

Contributors

xi

Foreword

xiii

Preface

xv

Acknowledgments

xvii

Acronyms

xix

Introduction and Overview

1

(4)

Joel I. Cohen

SECTION I Addressing Management and Policy Issues

5

(33)

Identifying Needs and Priorities: A Decision-Making Framework for Agricultural Biotechnology

7

(8)

Joel I. Cohen

Cesar A. Falconi

John Komen

The Debate on Genetically Modified Organisms: Relevance for the South

15

(9)

Robert Tripp

Agricultural Biotechnology Research Indicators and Managerial Considerations in Four Developing Countries

24

(14)

Cesar A. Falconi

SECTION II Setting and Implementing Priorities

38

(39)

Methods for Priority Setting in Agricultural Biotechnology Research

40

(13)

Cesar A. Falconi

Setting Research Priorities for the Chilean Biotechnology Program

53

(13)

Thomas Braunschweig

Willem Janssen

Carlos Munoz

Peter Rieder

Managing Biotechnology in AARD, Indonesia: Priorities, Funding, and Implementation

66

(11)

Sugiono Moeljopawiro

SECTION III Maximizing Benefits from Resources

77

(75)

Issues in Human Resource Management and Development

80

(12)

Bruce W. Holloway

Managing Bioprospecting and Biotechnology for Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity

92

(10)

Ana Sittenfeld

Annie Lovejoy

Managing Genetic Resources and Biotechnology at IRRI's Rice Genebank

102

(8)

Michael T. Jackson

International Collaboration in Agricultural Biotechnology

110

(18)

John Komen

Public-and Private-Sector Biotechnology Research and the Role of International Collaboration

128

(12)

Joel I. Cohen

Indo-Swiss Collaboration in Biotechnology: Lessons Learned and Future Strategies

140

(12)

Katharina Jenny

Ernst Schaltegger

SECTION IV Ensuring Environmental Responsibility

152

(54)

Biosafety Management: Key to the Environmentally Responsible Use of Biotechnology

155

(11)

Patricia L. Traynor

Formulating Guidelines for Field-Testing in the Philippines

166

(8)

Emerenciana B. Duran

Addressing Public Acceptance Issues for Biotechnology: Experiences from Japan

174

(10)

Yutaka Tabei

Balancing Needs for Productivity and Sustainability: Genetic Engineering of Rice at IRRI

184

(10)

John Bennett

Managing Target Pest Adaptation: The Case of Bt Transgenic Plant Deployment

194

(12)

Mark E. Whalon

Deborah L. Norris

SECTION V Managing IPR, Proprietary Science, and Technology Transfer

206

(80)

Intellectual Property Rights and Agricultural Biotechnology

209

(19)

Michael Blakeney

Joel I. Cohen

Stephen Crespi

Agricultural Research and the Management of Intellectual Property

228

(12)

Michael Blakeney

Managing Intellectual Property in Embrapa: A Question of Policy and a Change of Heart

240

(9)

Maria Jose Amstalden Sampaio

Elza A.B. Brito da Cunha

Managing Proprietary Science and Institutional Inventories for Agricultural Biotechnology

249

(12)

Joel I. Cohen

Cesar Falconi

John Komen

Silvia Salazar

Michael Blakeney

International Collaboration: Intellectual Property Management and Partner-Country Perspectives

261

(11)

Catherine L. Ives

Karim M. Maredia

Frederic H. Erbisch

Industrial Research and Business Development: Experiences from the Singapore Institute of Molecular Agrobiology

272

(7)

Tai-Sen Soong

Introducing Transgenic Crops in India: A Joint Venture Approach

279

(7)

Ellora Mubashir

Appendix Accessing Electronic Information

286

(16)

John Komen

Patricia Traynor

Glossary

302

(9)

Index

311

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