Ensuring 'safe use' of biotechnology: key challenges
By: Gupta, Aarti.
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ArticlePublisher: 2002Description: p.2762-769.Subject(s): Biotechnology | Agricultural biotechnology
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Economic and Political WeeklySummary: Governing safe use of biotechnology in agriculture is a controversial new regulatory challenge facing developing countries such as India. This article identifies short-and long-term challenges to biosafety governance in India and emphasises the need for institutional mechanisms to ensure that use of biotechnology can fulfil desired societal goals. Although biosafety regimes are critical, they cannot substitute for broad institutional fora to debate the social implications of the use of biotechnology in agriculture. - Reproduced.
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Indian Institute of Public Administration | Volume no: 37, Issue no: 27 | Available | AR53414 |
Governing safe use of biotechnology in agriculture is a controversial new regulatory challenge facing developing countries such as India. This article identifies short-and long-term challenges to biosafety governance in India and emphasises the need for institutional mechanisms to ensure that use of biotechnology can fulfil desired societal goals. Although biosafety regimes are critical, they cannot substitute for broad institutional fora to debate the social implications of the use of biotechnology in agriculture. - Reproduced.
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