Biotechnology and agricultural development : transgenic cotton, rural institutions and resource-poor farmers / edited by Robert Tripp. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2009. - xxiv, 274 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - Routledge explorations in environmental economics ; 19 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [246]-267) and index.

Biotechnology and agricultural development / Robert Tripp -- Cotton production and technology / Robert Tripp -- Development, agronomic performance and sustainability of transgenic cotton for insect control / Ann M. Showalter ... [et al.] -- Transgenic cotton : assessing economic performance in the field / Robert Tripp -- Transgenic cotton and institutional performance / Robert Tripp -- Farmers' seed and pest control management for Bt cotton in China / Jikun Huang ... [et al.] -- India's experience with Bt cotton: case studies from Gujarat and Maharashtra / N. Lalitha, Bharat Ramaswami, and P.K. Viswanathan -- The socio-economic impact of transgenic cotton in Colombia / Patricia Zambrano ... [et al.] -- Ten years of Bt cotton in South Africa : putting the smallholder experience into context / Marnus Gouse.

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Cotton--Biotechnology--Economic aspects--Developing countries--Case studies.
Agricultural biotechnology--Economic aspects--Developing countries.
Agriculture and state--Developing countries--Case studies.

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