The Future of Food: International Biotechnology Market and Policy

Author: (Australia) Paddy
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Publish Date: 2002-10-01
Features: This book is the most comprehensive summary to date of modern biotechnology markets and policies by economists and technology experts working together. Authors with diverse backgrounds and academic perspectives provide in-depth analysis of widely issues in modern biotechnology from various levels, attempting to paint a panoramic picture of biotechnology markets and policies from an international perspective. The 13 articles and 6 commentaries by renowned experts in this book aim to summarize the basic progress of biotechnology development and address some urgently needed clarifications, including the main positions of different countries in debates, the underlying roots of these debates, biotechnology R&D policies in different countries, the impact of biotechnology on different nations, as well as potential trade and welfare effects, the potential impact of intellectual property on the development of bioscience and biotechnology, and so on. These are precisely the issues that decision-makers and other participants in biotechnology development across countries are very concerned about.