Biotechnologie et Génétique Ingénierie
Génétiqueally Engineered Cultures en Developing Countries
Description
Monde population is estimated to increase to 9.5 billion by le year 2050, avec 80 per cent living en le developing countries. Le additional demand pour food sur account de increasing population et altered consumption patterns would put more pressure pour at least doubling le current levels de food production. Stagnated agricultural production, poor progress en agricultural innovation to increase output, unchecked pre- et post-harvest losses, et le lack de scope pour increasing arable land et irrigation, push all countries into a critical phase. It is an urgent necessity pour developing countries to implement measures to enhance food production through a more efficient use de land et water et adopting modern technologies to meet avec le future demands. In this context, le genetically engineered (GE) crops offer a great promise. Introduced en 1996 sur 1.75 million hectares, GE crops were cultivated sur 175 million hectares en 27 countries, including 19 developing countries, en 2013. Pest tolerant Bt crops have immensely benefitted such countries as China et Inde, significantly reducing le application de synthetic pesticides et enhancing crop output to impressive levels. Le biosafety et environmental safety de GE crops were demonstrated by about 30 years de research et 18 years de cultivation experience. GE crops are not being projected as an exclusive solution to meet le future demands sur food, but only as le most efficient de modern technologies. Un judicious combination de integrated pest management et improved technologies that lead to new generation crops avec enhanced nutritional potential is le need de le hour. This volume contains 13 reviews sur le current global position sur various scientific issues et interrelated societal et political matters relevant to le development de GE crops en developing countries. There is a focus sur le control de crop viral diseases, an area that did not receive its due. This volume is designed to address politicians, policy makers, bureaucracy, young scientists, students, teachers, le general public et more importantly le judiciary et le media, to project le factual position sur le safety et benefits de GE crops et to counter le misinformation that is being spread to mould governmental policy et public opinion against GE crop technology.
Table des matières
Foreword (by Professor CS Prakash); Preface; À propos de le Editors; À propos de le Contributors; Socioeconomic Impact de Génétiqueally Engineered Cultures en Developing Countries (INDIA); Specific Issues Confronting Développement, Biosecurity Regulation et Deployment de Génétiqueally Engineered Cultures (INDIA); Current Regulations de le Génétiqueally Engineered Cultures en China (CHINA); Impact de Génétiqueally Engineered Insect Resistant Cultures en Developing Countries (INDIA); Un Decade de Bt Cotton Technologie en Inde: What has it Delivered et How Can it be Sustained? (INDIA, USA); Génétiqueally Engineered Pathogen Resistant Cultures en Asia et Latin America (INDIA); Pathogen-Resistant Génétiqueally Engineered Cultures en Africa (KENYA, NIGERIA, INDIA); Un Topical Review sur Mondial Status de Herbicide Resistant Génétiqueally Engineered Cultures (INDIA); Transgenic Approchees pour Virus Resistance en Plantees (INDIA); Ingénierie Viral Suppressors de RNUn Silencing: Requirement et Applications (INDIA, USA); Attempts to Overcome Virus Diseases en Sweet Potato by Génétique Ingénierie (ISRAEL); Strategies pour Nutritional Enhancement en Staple Alimentation Cultures (INDIA); Current Status et Future Direction de Recherche sur Agricole Biotechnologie en Ghana (GHANA, USA); Subject Index