Managing agricultural biotechnology : addressing research program needs and policy implications
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Managing agricultural biotechnology : addressing research program needs and policy implications
（Biotechnology in agriculture series, 23）
CABI Publishing in association with the International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR), c1999
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
SECTION I: Addressing Management and Policy Issues I: Identifying Needs and Priorities: A Decision-Making Framework for Agricultural Biotechnology 2: The Debate on Genetically Modified Organisms: Relevance for the South 3: Agricultural Biotechnology Research Indicators and Managerial Considerations in Four Developing Countries SECTION II: Setting and Implementing Priorities 4: Methods for Priority Setting in Agricultural Biotechnology Research 5: Setting Research Priorities for the Chilean Biotechnology Program 6: Managing Biotechnology in AARD, Indonesia: Priorities, Funding, and Implementation SECTION III: Maximizing Benefits from Resources 7: Issues in Human Resource Management and Development 8: Managing Bioprospecting and Biotechnology for Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity 9: Managing Genetic Resources and Biotechnology at IRRI's Rice Genebank 10: International Collaboration in Agricultural Biotechnology 11: Public- and Private-Sector Biotechnology Research and the Role of International Collaboration 12: Indo-Swiss Collaboration in Biotechnology: Lessons Learned and Future Strategies SECTION IV: Ensuring Environmental Responsibility 13: Biosafety Management: Key to the Environmentally Responsible Use of Biotechnology 14: Formulating Guidelines for Field-Testing in the Philippines 15: Addressing Public Acceptance Issues for Biotechnology: Experiences from Japan 16: Balancing Needs for Productivity and Sustainability: Genetic Engineering of Rice at IRRI 17: Managing Target Pest Adaptation: The Case of Bt Transgenic Plant Deployment SECTION V: Managing IPR, Proprietary Science, and Technology Transfer 18: Intellectual Property Rights and Agricultural Biotechnology 19: Agricultural Research and the Management of Intellectual Property 20: Managing Intellectual Property in Embrapa: A Question of Policy and a Change of Heart 21: Managing Proprietary Science and Institutional Inventories for Agricultural Biotechnology 22: International Collaboration: Intellectual Property Management and Partner-Country Perspectives 23: Industrial Research and Business Development: Experiences from the Singapore Institute of Molecular Agrobiology 24: Introducing Transgenic Crops in India: A Joint Venture Approach
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