Biotechnology for a Second Green Revolution in India
Socioeconomic, Political, and Public Policy Issues
Ronald J Herring editor N Chandrasekhara Rao editor Carl E Pray editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Academic Foundation
Published:31st May '24
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This book is the first of its kind in examining the role of biotechnology for reviving Indian agriculture and accelerating farmers’ incomes. It examines the empirical evidence in various agro-ecologies on already commercialised technologies, and also technologies on shelf like Bt brinjal, and herbicide tolerant maize and cotton. The political economy behind the public policies for biotechnologies, reasons for continuing controversies, and impacts of labelling policies and seed-pricing controls are examined in greater detail. In the past few years, discussion on genetically engineered crops has been particularly contentious, in the backdrop of concerns on food security and dominance of multinationals. However, dispassionate analysis of these technologies for their usefulness in Indian context has been missing. This book addresses this gap in extant literature and contains chapters by several renowned scholars from India and abroad, and can be a useful guide to students, civil society, policy makers, and researchers working on Indian agriculture.
This book, which addresses various aspects of the technology, will prove very useful to anyone wishing to educate themselves further about GM when they are considering the potential benefits and risks of the technology.'- Sir V. Ramakrishnan, Nobel Laureate, Cambridge, UK.
'Tardy growth in productivity and declining farm income has been the Achilles’ heel for the planners. Biotechnology holds a promise to come out of the arduous lane. Controversies are galore and answers are only minuscule, a foggy zone that vied for a clear vision. This volume fills that void and brings together essays by top class academicians of international repute covering many facets of bio-technology, heralding second green revolution. The essays cover incisive analytical perspectives on the facets and clarify the contentious issues. This is a must read volume.'- Prof. R.S. Deshpande, Director, Bengaluru Dr. B.R. Ambedkar School of Economics, Bengaluru.
'Interesting combative scholarly perspectives on a vexed socio-economic issue.'- Prof. Y.K. Alagh, Professor Emeritus and Vice Chairman, Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research, Ahmedabad and Chancellor, Central University of Gujarat.
'Evidence based research is important for a rational debate on biotechnology which is supposed to improve farmer’s incomes including the small holders and provide better access of food to the poor. In this context, I compliment the authors for an excellent collection of articles which is a must read for students, researchers and policy makers.'- Prof. S. Mahendra Dev, Director and Vice Chancellor, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai.
ISBN: 9789332704459
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 825g
434 pages