Bio-innovation and poverty alleviation : case studies from Asia /

The proposed volume attempts to understand how forms of bio-innovation might be linked to the problem of poverty and its reduction through an inquiry into a number of empirical cases of present-day bio-innovations in Asia. Conditions and circumstances in countries like Cambodia, China, India, Korea,...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sajor, Edsel E. (Editor ), Resurreccion, Bernadette P. (Editor ), Rakshit, Sudip K. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE, 2014.
Temas:
Poverty > Asia.
Biotechnology > Economic aspects > Asia.
Technological innovations > Economic aspects > Asia.
Pauvreté > Asie.
Biotechnologie > Aspect économique > Asie.
Innovations > Aspect économique > Asie.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Macroeconomics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
Biotechnology > Economic aspects
Poverty
Technological innovations > Economic aspects
Asia
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Edsel E Sajor, Bernadette Resurrección and Sudip K Raks
  • I: ACTUAL, DIRECT AND PROSPECTIVE BENEFITS FOR THE POOR: Biosand Water Filter and Poor Households in the Philippines / Marlon B Sepe, Joel N Sagadal, Rudy D Lange, and Jobert C Porras
  • Bio-innovation in Edible Mushroom Industry and Poverty Alleviation in China / Wei Geng and Yaoqi Zhang
  • Commercialization of Aquaculture in Nepal: Understanding Its Gender Implications / Geeta Bhatrai Bastakoti, Sunila Rai, and Gam Bahadur Gurung
  • Improved Vegetable Production in Northern Thailand: Is the Innovation Pro-poor and Gender Sensitive / Juthathip Chalermphol, Wallratat Intaruccomporn, and Geeta Bhatrai Bastakoti
  • 'Lazy Garden' Innovation as a Resilience-building Strategy / Louis Lebel, Songphonsak Rattanawilailak, Phimphakan Lebel, Alisa Arfue, Patcharawalai Sriyasak, and Rajesh Daniel
  • II: ABSENCE OF POSITIVE IMPACTS AND INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS : Shrimp Probiotics, Social Differentiation, and Shrimp Farmers in Vietnam/ Le Thi Van Hue and Chi Hoang Lan Dinh
  • Biochar Stoves: An Innovation Studies Perspective / Simon Shackley and Sarah Carter
  • Vaccine R & D in Thailand: Meeting Public Health Needs through Collective IPR Management / Cecilia Oh
  • Biogas Program and Its Impact on the Poor in Vietnam / Tuong Vi Pham, Han Tuyet Mai, and Tran Chi Trung
  • Harnessing Poverty Alleviation Potential of Biofertilizer in the Philippines / Linda M Peñalba, Merlyne M Paunlagui, and Rowena D T Baconguis
  • III: PRO-POOR DRIVERS AND EMBEDDING IN ANTI-POVERTY ALLEVIATION: Knowing Earth and Sky: The Transmission of Knowledge in Natural Farming in Chiang Mai Province / Jeff Rutherford
  • Changing Trends of Bio-Innovation in Pharmaceutical Industry: Inclusion and Exclusion of Poor / Eunjeong Ma
  • Bt Cotton in China: Implications for the Rural Poor and Poverty Alleviation / Qiaoqiao Zhang and Wan Min
  • Biofertilizer-based Bio-innovation: Relevance to Poverty Welfare / Sunita Sangar.

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