AgBioForum, Volume 10, Number 3, 2007

Addressing Micronutrient Deficiencies: Alternative Interventions and Technologies

Laurian Unnevehr
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Carl Pray
Rutgers University
Robert Paarlberg
Wellesley College Market failure for nutritional attributes of foods leads to underinvestment ...
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Patterns of Political Response to Biofortified Varieties of Crops Produced with Different Breeding Techniques and Agronomic Traits

Carl Pray
Rutgers University
Robert Paarlberg
Wellesley College
Laurian Unnevehr
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign This article first examines the political response to two crops ...
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Political Actors on the Landscape

Robert Paarlberg
Wellesley College
Carl Pray
Rutgers University The introduction of novel foods and crops into the developing world triggers different reactions from ...
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Crop Case Study: GMO Golden Rice in Asia with Enhanced Vitamin A Benefits for Consumers

David Dawe
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Laurian Unnevehr
University of Illinois Golden Rice is genetically modified to provide beta-carotene in the rice ...
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Crop Case Study: GMO Golden Rice in Asia with Enhanced Vitamin A Benefits for Consumers

David Dawe
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Laurian Unnevehr
University of Illinois Golden Rice is genetically modified to provide beta-carotene in the rice ...
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Biofortification for China: Political Responses to Food Fortification and GM Technology, Interest Groups, and Possible Strategies

Carl E. Pray
Rutgers University
Jikun Huang
Chinese Academy of Sciences Despite making enormous strides in reducing poverty, hunger, and malnutrition, China still ...
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Biofortified Crops and Biotechnology: A Political Economy Landscape for India

Bharat Ramaswami
Indian Statistical Institute Micronutrient deficiencies are responsible for major health problems among the poor in India. Biofortification promises to ...
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Socio-Economic and Political Concerns for GM Foods and Biotechnology Adoption in the Philippines

Liborio S. Cabanilla
University of the Philippines at Los Banos The Philippines established the first National Institute of Biotechnology and Applied ...
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Assessing the Prospects for the Adoption of Biofortified Crops in South Africa

Rosemary A. Wolson
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) South Africa was an early adopter of GM crops and, more ...
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Biofortified Foods and Crops in West Africa: Mali and Burkina Faso

Regina Birner
International Food Policy Research Institute
Sanibé Abel Kone
National Programme for Citizenship Education (PNEC)
Nicolas Linacre
Independent Consultant
Danielle Resnick
Cornell University Micronutrient deficiencies, especially ...
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