GM crops in Ethiopia: A realistic way to increase agricultural performance?

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-8

  Azadi, Hossein ^a   Talsma, Nanda ^b   Ho, Peter ^c   Zarafshani, Kiumars ^d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; AGRICULTURAL SECTOR; ETHIOPIA; GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS; GM CROPS; PUBLIC RESEARCH; REGULATORY ISSUES;

GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANTS; PRODUCTIVITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CROPS;

AGRICULTURAL PARAMETERS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; ETHIOPIA; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL STATUS;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ETHIOPIA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 78650419370     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2010.10.002     Document Type: Short Survey

References (22)

1. Wu, F. and Butz, W.P. (2004) The future of Genetically Modified Crops. Lessons from the Green Revolution, RAND, chapters 2-4.
2. Abrar S., et al. Aggregate agricultural supply response in Ethiopia: a farm-level analysis. J. Int. Develop. 2004, 16:605-620.
3. Azadi H., Ho P. Genetically modified and organic crops in developing countries: a review of options for food security. Biotechnol. Adv. 2010, 28:160-168.
4. Abegaz, B. (2004) Escaping Ethiopia's poverty trap: the case for a second agrarian reform. J. Mod. Afr. Stud. 42, 3, 313-342.
5. Paarlberg R. Food Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know 2010, Oxford University Press.
6. Sanchez P.A. Tripling crop yields in tropical Africa. Nat. Geosci. 2010, 3:299-300.
7. Hanjra M.A., et al. Pathways to breaking the poverty trap in Ethiopia: Investments in agricultural water, education, and markets. Agric. Water Manage 2009, 96:1590-1604.
8. United Nations Environment Programme (2007) Genetically modified crops in Africa. In Encyclopedia of Earth. (Cleveland, C.J., ed) Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment. Available at: . Date accessed: 24 August 2010. http://www.eoearth.org/article/Genetically_modified_crops_in_Africa.
9. Kaine G.W., Tozer P.R. Stability, resilience and sustainability in pasture-based grazing systems. Agric. Syst. 2005, 83:27-48.
10. Bryan E., et al. Adaptation to climate change in Ethiopia and South Africa: options and constraints. Environ. Sci. Policy 2009, 12:413-426.
11. Rahmato, D. (1999) Water Resource Development in Ethiopia: Issues of Sustainability and Participation. Addis Ababa: Forum for Social Studies.
12. st century crop improvement. Plant Physiol. 2008, 147:969-977.
13. Ortiz R., Smale M. Transgenic technology: pro-poor or pro-rich?. Chronica Hortic. 2007, 47:9-12.
14. Ribaut J.-M., et al. Molecular breeding in developing countries: challenges and perspectives. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 2010, 13:1-6.
15. Stokstad E., et al. A kinder, gentler Jeremy Rifkin endorses biotech, or does he?. Science 2010, 312:1586-1587.
16. Wendo C. African biotechnologists debate GM foods. Lancet 2001, 358:1970.
17. The Oakland Institute (2010). Voices from Africa. Biotechnology, Seed and Agrochemicals: Global and South African Industry Structure and Trends. Available at: . Date accessed: 25 August 2010. http://www.oaklandinstitute.org/voicesfromafrica/node/44.
18. Holden, S. et al. (2005) Economic Reforms and Soil Degradation in the Ethiopian Highlands: A Micro CGE Model with Transaction Costs. Available at: . Date accessed: 13 September 2010. http://www.ecomod.net/conferences/ecomod2005/ecomod2005_papers/910.pdf.
19. Mengisteab K. The nature of the state and agricultural crisis in post-1975 Ethiopia. Comp. Int. Dev. 1989, 24:20-38.
20. Belete A., et al. Development of agriculture in Ethiopia since the 1975 land reform. Agric. Econ. 1991, 6:159-175.
21. Lightbourne M. Organization and legal regimes governing seed markets and farmers' rights in Ethiopia. J. African Law 2007, 51:285-315.
22. Potrykus I. Regulation must be revolutionized. Nature 2010, 466:561.