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The Significance of Transgenic Plants for Developing Countries

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Proceedings of the Workshop: November 29 - December 1, 1999

Table of Contents

• Biotechnology of Parasitic Weed Control; A Parable of Unmet Needs, Varied Potential Solutions, Impediments and Risk Analyses
• Can Technology Assessment ease Technology Transfer?
• Transgenic Plants and Risk Assessment
• Computerized Decision Support Systems for Risk Assessment
• Genetically Engineered Crops: How Could We Overcome the Present Day Obstacles in Europe?
• Ecological Studies of Gene Flow to Weedy Relatives of Crops
• Long-Term Monitoring of Transgenic Crops
• Vitamin-A and Iron-Enriched Rices May Hold Key to Combating Blindness and Malnutrition: A Biotechnology Advance
• Indian Rules, Regulations and Procedures for Handling Transgenic Plants
• Plant Genetic Engineering in India
• Indian wheat program
• Development, Testing and Commercialization of Transgenic Papaya in Hawaii
• Impact of Transgenic Papayas on the Hawaii Papaya Industry
• Introducing Transgenic Products into Developing Countries
• Legal Perspectives on the Transgenic Papaya Licensing Program
• Biosafety Protocol
• Labeling of GMOs and Products
• Biotechnology Capacity Building
• Technology Transfer, Biosafety and Intellectual Property Challenges for Sustainable Development
• Perspectives on Transgenic Crops Development and Use in Africa
• Issues and Perspectives of Transgenic Crops in the Asia-Pacific Region Ajay Parida