Biotechnology In Latin America: Politics, Impacts, And Risks (latin American Silhouettes)

The different challenges posed by the growth of biotechnology have been keenly felt in Latin America. This work examines how biotechnology can be made to serve developing nations rather than provide another route for exploitation by First-World industry. Biotechnology : Political Economy And Environmental Impacts / N. Patrick Peritore -- Third World Biotechnology, Latin American Development, And The Foreign Debt Problem / Daniel J. Goldstein -- Plant Intellectual Property Rights : The Rise Of Nature As A Commodity / José De Souza Silva -- Mexican Biotechnology Policy And Decision Makers' Attitudes Toward Technology Policy / Ana Karina Galve-peritore And N. Patrick Peritore -- Cuban Biotechnology : The Strategic Success And Commercial Limits Of A First World Approach To Development / Julie M. Feinsilver -- Colombia And The Challenge Of Biotechnology / Gustavo Hernández-boada -- Recombinant Growth Hormone : A Challenge For Latin America / Ramón Aboytes-torres -- Manipulation Of Gametes And Embryos In Animal Biotechnology's Impact On Livestock Production In Latin America / José Juan Hernández-ledezma And Valantine Solyman-golpashini -- National, Regional, And International Regimes And The Regulation Of Biotechnology / N. Patrick Peritore. Edited By N. Patrick Peritore And Ana Karina Galve-peritore. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 211-229).