Biotechnology in the maintenance and use of crop genetic diversity

dc.contributor.author	Hawtin, Geoffrey
dc.date.accessioned	2017-05-22T14:21:42Z
dc.date.available	2017-05-22T14:21:42Z
dc.date.issued	1997
dc.description.abstract	Biotechnology has opened up enormous and exciting possibilities for plant breeding. The development of varieties with resistance or tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses or with new characteristics of interest to consumers, could make a substantial contribution to increasing productivity and alleviating poverty in a sustainable way. But, the reduction of publicly funded research and the growing concentration of biotechnological expertise in the private sector have aroused fears that the poorest segments of society will be neglected and will not share in the potential benefits that the new technologies could bring to their lives.
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1813/49867
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	NABC
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International	*
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	*
dc.subject	Agricultural biotechnology
dc.subject	environment
dc.subject	sustainable agriculture
dc.subject	drought tolerance
dc.subject	heat tolerance
dc.subject	pesticides
dc.subject	international agriculture
dc.subject	feeding the world
dc.subject	property rights
dc.subject	public funding of research
dc.subject
dc.title	Biotechnology in the maintenance and use of crop genetic diversity
dc.type	book chapter

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