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The future of transgenic plants in developing countries.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11838954     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Whatever their own policies may be, developing countries will inevitably be affected by the development of genetically-modified organisms in industrialized countries. While maintaining a cautious attitude, most of these countries wish to keep their options open, thus protecting themselves from the risk of being deprived of future technologies that might allow them to achieve self-sufficiency in food production, to resolve certain problems confronting their most vulnerable populations and to preserve the international competitiveness of their products. Companies should see that it is in their interest to help these countries implement their own policies, notably through an open attitude to industrial property. If the value of genetic engineering is thus confirmed, then it perhaps in this manner that GMOs will earn the legitimacy required to make them acceptable to the people of Northern countries where the majority of solvent markets are located.
Authors:
A Weil
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Cellular and molecular biology (Noisy-le-Grand, France)     Volume:  47     ISSN:  0145-5680     ISO Abbreviation:  Cell. Mol. Biol. (Noisy-le-grand)     Publication Date:  2001 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2002-02-12     Completed Date:  2002-07-22     Revised Date:  2005-11-16    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9216789     Medline TA:  Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand)     Country:  France    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1343-51     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Cirad, Paris, France. alain.weil@cirad.fr
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Agriculture
Bioethics*
Biotechnology / trends
Crops, Agricultural / genetics*
Developing Countries
Ecosystem
Genetic Engineering
Plants, Genetically Modified*
Public Opinion

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