How to improve the socio-economic benefit of public private R&D partnerships in agricultural biotechnology? : the case of cotton in Mercosur

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2013

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Red Mercosur

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This policy brief summarises the main findings of a study conducted in Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay to investigate the potential for public-private partnerships in transgenic crop R&D, and whether such partnerships could contribute to the development and commercialisation of biotechnologies aimed at solving the production problems of small farmers. The study used the case of cotton, and possible transgenic seed solutions to a pest known as the ‘picudo del algodonero’ or cotton boll weevil as a lens with which to explore this topic.

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ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AGRICULTURAL POLICY, SMALL ENTERPRISES, PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, GENETIC ENGINEERING, BIOTECHNOLOGY, AGRICULTURAL INNOVATIONS, COTTON, PESTS, MERCOSUR, SOUTH AMERICA

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