This presentation discusses the evolution of developing country agriculture from the "Green Revolution" period to the emerging use of the "Gene Revolution" technologies.
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1. The Gene Revolution & Smallholder
Agriculture
Prabhu Pingali
Deputy Director
Agricultural Development
2. Agriculture is a source of livelihoods for
billions, but a huge reservoir of poverty
Global extreme poverty 2002, $1.08 a day 2.5 billion people
involved in agriculture
800 m smallholders
75% of poor are rural
Global and the majority will
Urban poor be rural to about 2040
287 mill. South 900 m extreme rural
Asia rural poor ($1/day)
407 mill. In Sub-Saharan Africa,
MENA rural
5 mill. farming accounts for
2/3 of employment
ECA rural East Asia
and
5 mill. rural Sub-Saharan 1/3 of GDP
LAC rural 218 mill. Africa rural
229 mill. In South Asia, the rural
27 mill. poverty rate is still
approximately 40%
7. Types of Biotechnology Research
and Technology
1. GMOs
– Most visible (notorious) aspect
– Widespread public interest; concern from some
– Most studied aspect of biotechnology; most data
2. Molecular Techniques for Genetic Improvement
– Marker Assisted Selection
– Cellular biology
3. Vaccines and Diagnostic Tools for Animal agriculture
4. Advances in Basic Science
– New avenues of science; new scientific horizon
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10. GMOs have been an effective technology
in some cases in developed and
developing countries
Sustainability problems addressed by Bt cotton
• High pesticide loads
• Insect resistance to chemical pesticides
• Soil erosion under conventional tillage
practices
• High production costs