Agricultural biotechnologies in developing countries
The International Technical Conference on Agricultural Biotechnologies in Developing Countries: Options and Opportunities in Crops, Forestry, Livestock, Fisheries and Agro-industry to Face the Challenges of Food Insecurity and Climate Change, met in Guadalajara, Mexico, from 1 to 4 March 2010. The Conference noted that the use and adoption of biotechnologies in developing countries is affected by a number of factors, such as the existence or absence of policy and regulatory frameworks for biotechnology, costs, farmer and public awareness of potential benefits of biotechnologies, consumer concerns for food safety and environmental protection, market conditions and product demand and capacity to access and use new biotechnologies. It noted that discussions regarding biotechnologies had often focused on genetically modified organisms, when there were many other biotechnology products in use by farmers, such as biofertilizers and biopecticides, as well as many tools and applications being employed within the agriculture sector.
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