1st Edition
Biotechnology and Agricultural Development Transgenic Cotton, Rural Institutions and Resource-poor Farmers
1. Biotechnology and Agricultural Development Robert Tripp 2. Cotton Production and Technology Robert Tripp 3. Development, Agronomic Performance and Sustainability of Transgenic Cotton for Insect Control Ann M. Showalter, Shannon Heuberger, Bruce E. Tabashnik, and Yves Carrière 4. Transgenic Cotton. Assessing Economic Performance in the Field Robert Tripp 5. Transgenic Cotton and Institutional Performance Robert Tripp 6. Farmers’ Seed and Pest Control Management for Bt Cotton in China Jikun Huang, Ruijian Chen, Jianwei Mi, Ruifa Hu, and Ellie Osir 7. India’s Experience with Bt Cotton: Case Studies from Gujarat and Maharashtra N. Lalitha, Bharat Ramaswami, and P.K. Viswanathan 8. The Socioeconomic Impact of Transgenic Cotton in Colombia Patricia Zambrano, Luz Amparo Fonseca, Iván Cardona and Eduardo Magalhaes 9. Ten years of Bt cotton in South Africa: Putting the smallholder experience into context Marnus Gouse 10. Summary and Conclusions Robert Tripp
Biography
Robert Tripp has a doctorate in social anthropology and has spent his career working on issues related to agricultural technology development and dissemination. He spent 15 years with the Economics Program of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and 12 years as a research fellow with the Overseas Development Institute (ODI).
"This self-contained work provides case studies of how transgenic cotton has been received in China, India, Colombia, and South Africa, including discussions of social and economic efforts... The bibliography contains over 400 citations to original literature, and the index includes several hundred terms. Recommended." -- L. C. Davis, Kansas State University CHOICE (July 2010)
