The environmental and economic costs of herbicide resistance and host-plant resistance to plant pathogens and insects
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Genetic engineering has been instrumental to the development of agricultural research. Its applications are focused on improving sustainability, promoting biodiversity and reducing environmental stress. In particular, research on genetic engineering are concentrated on developing genetically engineered organisms that are introduced to crops for herbicide resistance. However, not all developments in this field have been beneficial to the environment. Some of the desirable developments in genetic engineering in relation to agriculture are discussed.
Publication Name: Technological Forecasting & Social Change
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0040-1625
Year: 1995
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Biofuels as sustainable technologies: perspectives for less developed countries
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A description of the European Union's ALTENER program for biofuels is presented, highlighting the role of less developed nations as suppliers of biofuels for the region's thrust into biofuels for its energy needs. ALTENER is reconciling many facets of the international trade in biofuels, from production to regulatory regimes governing trade, as well as stimulating inputs into the agricultural, environmental and economic policies of less developed nations that would encourage the production of biofuels.
Publication Name: Technological Forecasting & Social Change
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0040-1625
Year: 1998
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The international traffic in pesticides
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A study was conducted on environmental equity in terms of the transport of pesticides from developed countries (DC) to less developed countries (LDC). Political-economic forces defining the relations between and within DCs and LDCs were found to boost LDC pesticide flow. The increased flow has resulted in several health, environmental, social and economic risks. Only sustainable techniques of pesticide control in LDCs can resolve the problem.
Publication Name: Technological Forecasting & Social Change
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0040-1625
Year: 1995
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