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100 _aOdame, Hannington
245 _aInnovation and policy process: case of transgenic sweet potato in Kenya
260 _c2002
300 _ap.2770-777.
362 _a6 Jul
520 _aBiotechnology is being integrated into the existing science and technology policy process in Kenya. This process is embedded in the country's history of agricultural development, characterised by conventional technology, public goods research, and centralised and hierarchical organisation. This study employs the case study of the transgenic sweet potato project to explore how the development and introduction of modern biotechnology influence institutional and policy change in the generation and retention of (in) appropriate agricultural innovations for smallholders in Kenya. - Reproduced.
650 _aBiotechnology - Kenya
650 _aAgricultural innovations
650 _aAgricultural biotechnology
700 _aWafula, David
700 _aKameri-Mbote, Patricia
773 _aEconomic and Political Weekly
909 _a52979
999 _c52979
_d52979