Significant regulatory and decision-making challenges remain for ensuring protective and efficient biosafety systems.
As urban populations grow in developing countries, promoting inclusive growth that ensures food security for all is critical.
Southeast Asia is undergoing rapid agricultural intensification affecting crops, livestock and plantation forestry. Such agricultural change can be good for human health by improving food security, nutrition and income.
Recent years have seen renewed recognition of the importance of science, technology and innovation (STI) for development.
This grant will help small developing countries in South Asia develop biotechnology policies and use biotechnology to address immediate and critical development priorities. It will do so by supporting two distinct but interconnected activities.
The agricultural sector in developed countries still out-performs its counterpart in most developing economies. However, new technologies hold great promise for correcting the imbalance.
The Mercosur (Mercado Común del Sur) countries of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay rank fifth in cotton production after China, India, the United Sates and Pakistan.
This project builds on an earlier phase, Poverty and Inequality Research Network for China (103310). It is motivated by ongoing debate in China concerning the global economic crisis.
Land use change is pervasive in the Eastern Himalayas, driven by population growth, socioeconomic development, urbanization and technology. But, little is known about the impact of land use change on ecosystem services and human health.
Since 1990, China's agricultural biotechnology sector has experienced tremendous growth. A recent survey shows that the country is developing the largest plant biotechnology capacity outside North America.