Reflexive Biotechnology Development: Studying Plant Breeding Technologies and Genomics for Agriculture in the Developing World

by Wietse Vroom

Agriculture plays a crucial role in the alleviation of extreme poverty and hunger. Development of new crop varieties that are more resistant to disease and pests, and that produce more in dry conditions or on poor soils, can contribute to agricultural development. However, while the technical potential to improve crop varieties is increasing rapidly, such technologies do not always successfully contribute to the economic development of resource poor...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9086861067
• ISBN13: 9789086861064
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Brill Wageningen Academic
• Length: 216 Pages