Biotechnology for developing-country agriculture: problems and opportunities

Contents: Brief 1. Overview / Gabrielle J. Persley and John J. Doyle Brief 2. Biotechnology and food and nutrition needs / Richard Flavell Brief 3. Biotechnology and animal vaccines / W. Ivan Morrison Brief 4. The role of the private sector / Clive James and Anatole Krattiger Brief 5. Disentangling risk issues / Klaus M. Leisinger Brief 6. Safe use of biotechnology / Calestous Juma and Aarti Gupta Brief 7. Intellectual property protection / John H. Barton Brief 8. Research policy and management issues / Joel I. Cohen, Cesar Falconi, and John Komen Brief 9. Developing appropriate policies / Per Pinstrup-Andersen [IFPRI staff] Brief 10. Letter to a minister / Gabrielle J. Persley.Biotechnology Developing countries., Agricultural biotechnology Developing countries.,

Coconut Research Opportunities

Paper prepared for TAC by G. J. Persley of the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) on the importance of coconut as a smallholder crop, the needs and opportunities for research, priority areas for international coconut research, and institutional options. Persley proposes the establishment of an International Coconut Research Council.This shorter version of two papers on coconut by Persley dated June 1990 was the one considered by TAC 52. Coconut was also discussed at TAC46 and TAC 50

Biotecnología para el sector agropecuario de los países en desarrollo: problemas y oportunidades

Carta a un MinistroAgricultural biotechnology Developing countries., Intellectual property., Risk.,

The Coconut Palm: Prosperity or Poverty?

Paper prepared for TAC by G. J. Persley of the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) on the current status and future trends of coconut in the global fats and oil market. An overview of national coconut research programs reveals coconuts as a neglected area, and based on their importance as a subsistence and cash crop, and their role in farming systems, Persley proposes the establishment of an International Coconut Research Council. This paper provides an extended background for a shorter document on coconut also by Persley of the same date.Agenda document, TAC 52. Coconut was also discussed at TAC46 and TAC 50

New phase of African Bio-Innovate program will soon deliver solutions to farmers

Video recorded at the Launching of Bio-Innovate Programme, ILRI, Nairobi, 16 March 2011Gabrielle Persley pointed out that Bio-Innovate is building on a previous project that trained 20 regionally recruited bioscientists to PhD level. Now the new Program plans to move from research outputs into partnerships with private sector players and other delivery mechanisms. The real focus and the success of Bio-Innovate will be delivery of products to African farmers

New science program makes use of facilities and expertise at the first Bio-Sciences Hub in Africa

Video recorded at the Launching of Bio-Innovate Programme, ILRI, Nairobi, 16 March 2011Gabrielle Persley gave an emphasis on the choice of the location for the headquarters of Bio-innovate depended on access to the best bioscience facilities and expertise in the region. The BecA Hub, at the ILRI Nairobi campus, provides a vibrant biosciences research platform for advanced research into crops and livestock

Setting up the Biosciences Eastern and Central Africa Hub in Nairobi: A Personal Odyssey

Video recorded at the Launching of Bio-Innovate Programme, ILRI, Nairobi, 16 March 2011.Biosciences eastern and central Africa (BecA) is a regional research platform located in Nairobi, Kenya, that was officially launched in 2010. The BecA Hub gives scientists and students from across the region access to state-of-the-art facilities in the life sciences. Gabrielle Persley, who served as senior advisor to the director general of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) for many years, describes her multi-year odyssey as she and others nursed the BecA Hub project at ILRI from the drawing board through political deliberations and, finally, into a brand spanking new laboratory complex on ILRI’s campus