The Status and Impact of Bio Safety Regulation in Developing Economies Since Ratification of the Cartagena Protocol

The World development report 2010: development and climate change highlights the link between biotechnology, development, and environment. Aside from recognizing biotechnology's potential to improve crop productivity, increase crop adaptation to climatic stresses such as drought, and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, the report emphasizes the need to establish science-based regulatory systems 'so that risks and benefits can be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, comparing the potential risks with alternative technologies' (World Bank 2010). This paper explores how the Cartagena protocol to the convention on biological diversity, as well as other important drivers, have affected the regulation of Genetically engineered (GE) crops in developing countries. It examines the impact of biosafety regulation on research and development of GE crops and on product approvals. Finally, it identifies opportunities to advance biosafety regulation in those developing countries that wish to access the potential benefits of agricultural biotechnology. As is true for capacity development in other regulatory arenas, progress in biosafety regulation in developing countries is often impeded by limited political and financial commitments from national governments and by insufficient technical, human resource, and institutional capacity for implementation. It is also confounded by competing or redundant capacity building projects and the absence of products to regulate.

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Main Authors:	McLean, Morven, Foley, Mary-Ellen, Pehu, Eija
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012-06
Subjects:	ACTION PLAN, ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM, ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS, AGRICULTURAL BIODIVERSITY, AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGIES, AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY, AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEMS, AGRICULTURAL LAND, AGRICULTURAL POLICIES, AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY, AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS, AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION, ALFALFA, BIODIVERSITY, BIOLOGICAL CONTROL, BIOMASS, BIOSAFETY, BIOSAFETY PROTOCOL, BIOTECHNOLOGY, BIOTECHNOLOGY METHODS, BIOTECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS, BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH, CAPABILITIES, CAPACITY BUILDING, CAPACITY-BUILDING, CLIMATE CHANGE, COMMERCIAL CULTIVATION, COMMERCIALIZATION, COMMODITY, COMMODITY CROPS, COMPLIANCE COSTS, CONSERVATION TILLAGE, CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, CONVENTIONAL PLANT BREEDING, CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE, COORDINATION MECHANISM, COPYRIGHT, COTTON, CROP, CROP DEVELOPMENT, CROP PRODUCTION, CROP SPECIES, CROP VARIETIES, CROP YIELDS, CROPS, CULTIVATION, DECISION MAKING, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH, DISEASE RESISTANCE, DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, E-MAIL, ECONOMIC IMPACT, ECOSYSTEMS, EGGPLANT, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENVIRONMENTAL RISK, ETHANOL, ETHICS, EUROPEAN COMMISSION, EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION, EXPORT MARKET, EXPORT MARKETS, EXTENSION, FAO, FARM, FARMERS, FEED, FIELD TRIALS, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, FLAX, FOOD CROPS, FOOD PRODUCTS, FOOD SAFETY, FOOD SECURITY, FORESTS, GENETIC DIVERSITY, GENETIC ENGINEERING, GENETIC MATERIAL, GENETIC RESOURCE, GLOBAL MARKETPLACE, GRAIN, GREENHOUSE GAS, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, GREENHOUSES, HARMONIZATION, HARVEST, HARVESTS, HERBICIDE, HERBICIDE TOLERANCE, HUMAN RESOURCE, HUMAN RESOURCE CAPACITY, HYBRIDS, IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS, IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES, INFORMATION SHARING, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INNOVATION, INNOVATION POLICY, INSPECTION, INSPECTIONS, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT, INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, INTERNATIONAL LAW, INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, IRRIGATION, KNOWLEDGE BASE, LABORATORIES, LAND USE, LICENSES, LIFE SCIENCES, LIVESTOCK, LIVESTOCK FEED, MAIZE, MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, MARKET ACCESS, MARKETING, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SYSTEMS, NATURAL BIODIVERSITY, NATURAL RESOURCE, NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES, NEW TECHNOLOGIES, OIL, OILSEED, OPPORTUNITY COSTS, OVERHEAD COSTS, PAPAYA, PDF, PESTICIDE, PESTICIDE USE, PHOTO, PILOT PROJECT, PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY, PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES, PLANT HEALTH, PLANT MATERIAL, PLANT PRODUCTS, PLANT SPECIES, PLANT VARIETIES, POLICY MAKERS, POTATO, POTATO TUBER MOTH, POTATOES, POVERTY REDUCTION, PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE, PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENTS, PRODUCERS, PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, QUARANTINE, QUERIES, R&D, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS, REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS, REGULATORY SYSTEM, REGULATORY SYSTEMS, RENEWABLE ENERGY, RESULT, RESULTS, RETENTION, RICE, RIO DECLARATION, RISK MANAGEMENT, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE, SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE, SEED COMPANY, SEED PRODUCTION, SEED SECTOR, SEEDS, SMALL-SCALE FARMERS, SOIL MOISTURE, SOIL STRUCTURE, SORGHUM, SOYBEAN, SOYBEANS, SUGAR, SUGAR BEET, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL RESOURCES, TECHNICAL SUPPORT, TECHNICAL TRAINING, TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, TELEPHONE, TOBACCO, UNEP, UNITED NATIONS, UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, URBANIZATION, USER, VALUE CHAIN, VALUE CHAINS, VIRUS, WEEDS, WHEAT, WILD RELATIVES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/06/16361062/status-impact-bio-safety-regulation-developing-economies-ratification-cartagena-protocol http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18315
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