No: Poor farmers won't reap the benefits

Foreign Policy

Volumn , Issue 119, 2000, Pages 123-131

  Altieri, Miguel A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NGO Committee   (United States)

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EID: 0039177973     PISSN: 00157228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1149536     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Gordon Conway's The Doubly Green Revolution (Ithaca: Comstock Publishing Associates/Cornell University Press, 1997) offers a balanced and well-researched evaluation of both the benefits and shortcomings of the Green Revolution and argues that future efforts to increase food production in the developing world must also safeguard the environment. Two articles that examine the role biotechnology can play in the next Green Revolution are Ismail Serageldin's "Biotechnology and Food Security in the 21st Century" (Science, July 16, 1999) and Charles Mann's "Crop Scientists Seek a New Revolution" (Science, January 15, 1999). Mae-Wan Ho offers a critical assessment of biotechnology in Genetic Engineering: Dream or Nightmare? The Brave New World of Science and Business (Bath: Gateway Books, 1998). Readers can find a review of the book in the Winter 1998-99 issue of FOREIGN POLICY.
2. Gordon Conway's The Doubly Green Revolution (Ithaca: Comstock Publishing Associates/Cornell University Press, 1997) offers a balanced and well-researched evaluation of both the benefits and shortcomings of the Green Revolution and argues that future efforts to increase food production in the developing world must also safeguard the environment. Two articles that examine the role biotechnology can play in the next Green Revolution are Ismail Serageldin's "Biotechnology and Food Security in the 21st Century" (Science, July 16, 1999) and Charles Mann's "Crop Scientists Seek a New Revolution" (Science, January 15, 1999). Mae-Wan Ho offers a critical assessment of biotechnology in Genetic Engineering: Dream or Nightmare? The Brave New World of Science and Business (Bath: Gateway Books, 1998). Readers can find a review of the book in the Winter 1998-99 issue of FOREIGN POLICY.
3. Gordon Conway's The Doubly Green Revolution (Ithaca: Comstock Publishing Associates/Cornell University Press, 1997) offers a balanced and well-researched evaluation of both the benefits and shortcomings of the Green Revolution and argues that future efforts to increase food production in the developing world must also safeguard the environment. Two articles that examine the role biotechnology can play in the next Green Revolution are Ismail Serageldin's "Biotechnology and Food Security in the 21st Century" (Science, July 16, 1999) and Charles Mann's "Crop Scientists Seek a New Revolution" (Science, January 15, 1999). Mae-Wan Ho offers a critical assessment of biotechnology in Genetic Engineering: Dream or Nightmare? The Brave New World of Science and Business (Bath: Gateway Books, 1998). Readers can find a review of the book in the Winter 1998-99 issue of FOREIGN POLICY.
4. Gordon Conway's The Doubly Green Revolution (Ithaca: Comstock Publishing Associates/Cornell University Press, 1997) offers a balanced and well-researched evaluation of both the benefits and shortcomings of the Green Revolution and argues that future efforts to increase food production in the developing world must also safeguard the environment. Two articles that examine the role biotechnology can play in the next Green Revolution are Ismail Serageldin's "Biotechnology and Food Security in the 21st Century" (Science, July 16, 1999) and Charles Mann's "Crop Scientists Seek a New Revolution" (Science, January 15, 1999). Mae-Wan Ho offers a critical assessment of biotechnology in Genetic Engineering: Dream or Nightmare? The Brave New World of Science and Business (Bath: Gateway Books, 1998). Readers can find a review of the book in the Winter 1998-99 issue of FOREIGN POLICY.
5. One of the best overviews of the global debate over whether genetically modified crops can feed the developing world comes from the proceedings of an October 1999 conference convened by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences: Agricultural Biotechnology and the Poor (Washington: CGIAR, 2000). The volume's most noteworthy papers include: "Feeding the Developing World in the Next Millennium: A Question of Science?" by Andrew F. McCalla and Lynn R. Brown, "Genetically Modified Crops and Other Organisms: Implications for Agricultural Sustainability and Biodiversity" by Brian Johnson, "Ethical Challenges of Agricultural Biotechnology for Developing Countries" by Klaus M. Leisinger, and "Intellectual Property Protection: Who Needs It?" by David L. Richer. There are also several papers that pro" vide perspectives on biotechnology from countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.
6. One of the best overviews of the global debate over whether genetically modified crops can feed the developing world comes from the proceedings of an October 1999 conference convened by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences: Agricultural Biotechnology and the Poor (Washington: CGIAR, 2000). The volume's most noteworthy papers include: "Feeding the Developing World in the Next Millennium: A Question of Science?" by Andrew F. McCalla and Lynn R. Brown, "Genetically Modified Crops and Other Organisms: Implications for Agricultural Sustainability and Biodiversity" by Brian Johnson, "Ethical Challenges of Agricultural Biotechnology for Developing Countries" by Klaus M. Leisinger, and "Intellectual Property Protection: Who Needs It?" by David L. Richer. There are also several papers that pro" vide perspectives on biotechnology from countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.
7. One of the best overviews of the global debate over whether genetically modified crops can feed the developing world comes from the proceedings of an October 1999 conference convened by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences: Agricultural Biotechnology and the Poor (Washington: CGIAR, 2000). The volume's most noteworthy papers include: "Feeding the Developing World in the Next Millennium: A Question of Science?" by Andrew F. McCalla and Lynn R. Brown, "Genetically Modified Crops and Other Organisms: Implications for Agricultural Sustainability and Biodiversity" by Brian Johnson, "Ethical Challenges of Agricultural Biotechnology for Developing Countries" by Klaus M. Leisinger, and "Intellectual Property Protection: Who Needs It?" by David L. Richer. There are also several papers that pro" vide perspectives on biotechnology from countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.
8. One of the best overviews of the global debate over whether genetically modified crops can feed the developing world comes from the proceedings of an October 1999 conference convened by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences: Agricultural Biotechnology and the Poor (Washington: CGIAR, 2000). The volume's most noteworthy papers include: "Feeding the Developing World in the Next Millennium: A Question of Science?" by Andrew F. McCalla and Lynn R. Brown, "Genetically Modified Crops and Other Organisms: Implications for Agricultural Sustainability and Biodiversity" by Brian Johnson, "Ethical Challenges of Agricultural Biotechnology for Developing Countries" by Klaus M. Leisinger, and "Intellectual Property Protection: Who Needs It?" by David L. Richer. There are also several papers that pro" vide perspectives on biotechnology from countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.
9. One of the best overviews of the global debate over whether genetically modified crops can feed the developing world comes from the proceedings of an October 1999 conference convened by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences: Agricultural Biotechnology and the Poor (Washington: CGIAR, 2000). The volume's most noteworthy papers include: "Feeding the Developing World in the Next Millennium: A Question of Science?" by Andrew F. McCalla and Lynn R. Brown, "Genetically Modified Crops and Other Organisms: Implications for Agricultural Sustainability and Biodiversity" by Brian Johnson, "Ethical Challenges of Agricultural Biotechnology for Developing Countries" by Klaus M. Leisinger, and "Intellectual Property Protection: Who Needs It?" by David L. Richer. There are also several papers that pro" vide perspectives on biotechnology from countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.
10. In "The Pharmageddon Riddle" (The New Yorker, April 10, 2000), Michael Specter examines how the backlash against genetically modified foods has impacted biotech corporate giant Monsanto. In "A Removeable Feast" (Foreign Affairs, May/June 2000), C. Ford Runge and Benjamin Senauer argue that current trade barriers threaten food security throughout the developing world.
11. In "The Pharmageddon Riddle" (The New Yorker, April 10, 2000), Michael Specter examines how the backlash against genetically modified foods has impacted biotech corporate giant Monsanto. In "A Removeable Feast" (Foreign Affairs, May/June 2000), C. Ford Runge and Benjamin Senauer argue that current trade barriers threaten food security throughout the developing world.
12. The World Wide Web provides a wealth of information on biotechnology. The Summer/Fall 1999 issue of the quarterly online magazine AgBioFourm was the venue for a lively debate including "Ten Reasons Why Biotechnology Will Not Ensure Food Security, Protect the Environment, and Reduce Poverty in the Developing World" by Miguel A. Altieri and Peter Rosset and "Ten Reasons Why Biotechnology Will Be Important to the Developing World" by Martina McGloughlin. Many excellent publications on agricultural development and biotechnology can be downloaded from the Web site of CGIAR'S International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), such as "World Food Prospects: Critical Issues for the Early Twenty-First Century" by Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Rajul Pandya-Lorch, and Mark W. Rosegrant (Washington: IFPRI, 2020 Vision Food Policy Report, 1999), as well as a series of issue briefs titled Biotechnology for Developing-Country Agriculture: Problems and Opportunities, Gabrielle J. Persley, ed. (Washington: IFPRI, 2020 Vision Focus 2 Briefs, 1999). A very brief but useful overview of the environmental degradation now taking place in the developing world can be found in Food in the 21st Century: From Science to Sustainable Agriculture, by Mahendra Shah and Maurice Strong (Washington: CGIAR, 1999). Anti-biotech activists have launched a series of Web sites, such as the Greenpeace True Food Campaign and Biodevastation 2000. The biotech industry has responded with its own Web site, the Council for Biotechnology Information.
13. The World Wide Web provides a wealth of information on biotechnology. The Summer/Fall 1999 issue of the quarterly online magazine AgBioFourm was the venue for a lively debate including "Ten Reasons Why Biotechnology Will Not Ensure Food Security, Protect the Environment, and Reduce Poverty in the Developing World" by Miguel A. Altieri and Peter Rosset and "Ten Reasons Why Biotechnology Will Be Important to the Developing World" by Martina McGloughlin. Many excellent publications on agricultural development and biotechnology can be downloaded from the Web site of CGIAR'S International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), such as "World Food Prospects: Critical Issues for the Early Twenty-First Century" by Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Rajul Pandya-Lorch, and Mark W. Rosegrant (Washington: IFPRI, 2020 Vision Food Policy Report, 1999), as well as a series of issue briefs titled Biotechnology for Developing-Country Agriculture: Problems and Opportunities, Gabrielle J. Persley, ed. (Washington: IFPRI, 2020 Vision Focus 2 Briefs, 1999). A very brief but useful overview of the environmental degradation now taking place in the developing world can be found in Food in the 21st Century: From Science to Sustainable Agriculture, by Mahendra Shah and Maurice Strong (Washington: CGIAR, 1999). Anti-biotech activists have launched a series of Web sites, such as the Greenpeace True Food Campaign and Biodevastation 2000. The biotech industry has responded with its own Web site, the Council for Biotechnology Information.
14. The World Wide Web provides a wealth of information on biotechnology. The Summer/Fall 1999 issue of the quarterly online magazine AgBioFourm was the venue for a lively debate including "Ten Reasons Why Biotechnology Will Not Ensure Food Security, Protect the Environment, and Reduce Poverty in the Developing World" by Miguel A. Altieri and Peter Rosset and "Ten Reasons Why Biotechnology Will Be Important to the Developing World" by Martina McGloughlin. Many excellent publications on agricultural development and biotechnology can be downloaded from the Web site of CGIAR'S International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), such as "World Food Prospects: Critical Issues for the Early Twenty-First Century" by Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Rajul Pandya-Lorch, and Mark W. Rosegrant (Washington: IFPRI, 2020 Vision Food Policy Report, 1999), as well as a series of issue briefs titled Biotechnology for Developing-Country Agriculture: Problems and Opportunities, Gabrielle J. Persley, ed. (Washington: IFPRI, 2020 Vision Focus 2 Briefs, 1999). A very brief but useful overview of the environmental degradation now taking place in the developing world can be found in Food in the 21st Century: From Science to Sustainable Agriculture, by Mahendra Shah and Maurice Strong (Washington: CGIAR, 1999). Anti-biotech activists have launched a series of Web sites, such as the Greenpeace True Food Campaign and Biodevastation 2000. The biotech industry has responded with its own Web site, the Council for Biotechnology Information.
15. The World Wide Web provides a wealth of information on biotechnology. The Summer/Fall 1999 issue of the quarterly online magazine AgBioFourm was the venue for a lively debate including "Ten Reasons Why Biotechnology Will Not Ensure Food Security, Protect the Environment, and Reduce Poverty in the Developing World" by Miguel A. Altieri and Peter Rosset and "Ten Reasons Why Biotechnology Will Be Important to the Developing World" by Martina McGloughlin. Many excellent publications on agricultural development and biotechnology can be downloaded from the Web site of CGIAR'S International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), such as "World Food Prospects: Critical Issues for the Early Twenty-First Century" by Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Rajul Pandya-Lorch, and Mark W. Rosegrant (Washington: IFPRI, 2020 Vision Food Policy Report, 1999), as well as a series of issue briefs titled Biotechnology for Developing-Country Agriculture: Problems and Opportunities, Gabrielle J. Persley, ed. (Washington: IFPRI, 2020 Vision Focus 2 Briefs, 1999). A very brief but useful overview of the environmental degradation now taking place in the developing world can be found in Food in the 21st Century: From Science to Sustainable Agriculture, by Mahendra Shah and Maurice Strong (Washington: CGIAR, 1999). Anti-biotech activists have launched a series of Web sites, such as the Greenpeace True Food Campaign and Biodevastation 2000. The biotech industry has responded with its own Web site, the Council for Biotechnology Information.
16. The World Wide Web provides a wealth of information on biotechnology. The Summer/Fall 1999 issue of the quarterly online magazine AgBioFourm was the venue for a lively debate including "Ten Reasons Why Biotechnology Will Not Ensure Food Security, Protect the Environment, and Reduce Poverty in the Developing World" by Miguel A. Altieri and Peter Rosset and "Ten Reasons Why Biotechnology Will Be Important to the Developing World" by Martina McGloughlin. Many excellent publications on agricultural development and biotechnology can be downloaded from the Web site of CGIAR'S International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), such as "World Food Prospects: Critical Issues for the Early Twenty-First Century" by Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Rajul Pandya-Lorch, and Mark W. Rosegrant (Washington: IFPRI, 2020 Vision Food Policy Report, 1999), as well as a series of issue briefs titled Biotechnology for Developing-Country Agriculture: Problems and Opportunities, Gabrielle J. Persley, ed. (Washington: IFPRI, 2020 Vision Focus 2 Briefs, 1999). A very brief but useful overview of the environmental degradation now taking place in the developing world can be found in Food in the 21st Century: From Science to Sustainable Agriculture, by Mahendra Shah and Maurice Strong (Washington: CGIAR, 1999). Anti-biotech activists have launched a series of Web sites, such as the Greenpeace True Food Campaign and Biodevastation 2000. The biotech industry has responded with its own Web site, the Council for Biotechnology Information.
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