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Book ID: 97027
Vroom, Wietse

Reflexive biotechnology development: studying plant breeding technologies and genomics for agriculture in the developing world. 2009. illus. 215 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.

This book deals with the debate on how modern genetic technologies are used in plant breeding, and questions what it is that makes a new technology appropriate for pro-poor agricultural development. It does so by moving beyond a technical perspective on what constitutes 'appropriate technology' and by analyzing how different approaches to agro-technological development create different social roles for technology developers and farmers in innovation processes and production systems. Case studies of projects and international research centres in India, Peru and Mexico provide an insight in the different approaches to agro-technological development in which farmers are treated as 'recipients of technology', or are involved as 'co-innovators', and in which technology developers present themselves as 'solution providers' or as 'service providers'. Insight in those different approaches contributes to a clearer debate on the potential role of biotechnology in agricultural development and the reduction of poverty.
Author Vroom, Wietse
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Author Vroom, Wietse
Page image Vroom, Wietse: Reflexive biotechnology development: studying plant breeding technologies and genomics for agriculture in the developing world. 2009. illus. 215 p. gr8vo. Paper bd. (97027) 42.80
Manufacturer Wageningen Academic Publishers
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ISBN 9789086861064
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