Persley
- Doyle publications:
Doyle, J.J. and Persley, G.J. (1996)
Enabling the safe
use of biotechnology: principles and practise. Environmentally Sustainable
Development Studies and Monographs Series No. 10. The World Bank. Washington,
D.C., U.S.A.
Doyle, J.J. and Persley, G.J. (1998)
New Technologies, an International
Perspective. In: Investment Strategies for
Agricultural and Natural Resources Research: Investing in Knowledge for
Development. Wallingford: C.A.B. International.
IFPRI 2020 Focus 2 Biotechnology for Developing-Country Agriculture: Problems and
Opportunities. Dr Doyle
participated in the overview and planning of this series of briefs but died
before their completion. His friends and colleagues who contributed to
the series dedicated them to him. Follow this link to connect to the IFPRI
site and view Brief
1 of 10 (Overview) and other briefs in this series. Follow this
link to connect to the IFPRI website and view Brief 10
Letter to a Minister
Recent Work
includes:
Co-author of a CAST paper Applications of Biotechnology
to Crops: Benefits and Risks. G.J. Persley/J.M. Siedow, CAST (December
1999). Follow this link to go to the CAST
website and view this paper.
Co-editor of Agricultural Biotechnology and the
Poor. G.J.Persley
/ M.M.Lantin, CGIAR, World Bank (2000). Follow this link to go to the CGIAR website and view this
Publication.
Co-author of Promethean Science:
Agriculture, Biotechnology, the Environment and the Poor. I Serageldin/G.J.Persley, CGIAR Secretariat, World
Bank (May 2000). Promethean Science Background Brief
(PDF). The full text of Promethean Science is available on the CGIAR website. Follow this
link to go to the CGIAR website and view this
publication
Advising the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on future directions
of biotechnology in Asia. Follow this link to go to the ADB site
and view the Working Paper Agriculture,
Biotechnology, Poverty Reduction and Food Security (May
2001)
Conference rapporteur for an OECD / UK
conference in Bangkok in July 2001. See Raporteurs Final Report
(PDF) on the OECD
website.
See background paper (PDF)- Scientific
Issues in Relation to the Safety of Genetically Modified Foods and Crops
(July 2001). Follow this link to view conference Presentation
Slides (PDF)
Recent work also includes a new CABI publication on Agricultural
Biotechnology: Country Case Studies - A Decade of Development,
Gabrielle J Persley and L.R. MacIntyre (eds). Wallingford: C.A.B.
International. Follow this link to view details on the CABI
Publishing site.
Jack Doyle Memorial Lecture Alexandria
Renaissance: Tales from the Library. A public lecture hosted
by ABSF (African Biotechnology Stakeholders Forum) in Kenya in April 2002. The
lecture provided an update on the emerging issues and themes arising from
the Library of Alexandria Conference on Biotechnology and Sustainable
Development, held in Alexandria, Egypt in March 2002. View
presentation slides.
Commissioned by ICSU's Advisory Committee on
Genetic Experimentation and Biotechnology (ACOGEB) to analyse the present
status of the applications of biotechnology to agriculture, the emerging
scientific trends, and their contributions and consequences for human health,
biodiversity and other components of the environment. The overview paper
Biotechnology and Sustainable Agricultural Development (ICSU Report No. 6), one of the ICSU
Series on Science and Sustainable Development, was prepared for the
World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg in August
2002. It is available as hard copy and in PDF format on the ICSU web site. Connect
to ICSU website to view ICSU
Series on Science for Sustainable Development.
This publication is also available on the ICSU Subweb New Genetics, Food
& Agriculture, which is also mirrored on this site.
ICSU
Report New Genetics, Food and Agriculture: Scientific Discoveries-Societal
Dilemmas which analyses the key
findings of some fifty reviews on GM foods and crops that have been conducted
by various national, international and private agencies within the past three
years. Particular attention is being given to identifying the areas of
commonality amongst the reviews, identifying any areas of differing
perspective, and highlighting those areas where there are gaps in knowledge
that may be able to be addressed through additional well targeted research.
The report was released on June 10 in Paris. The Full Report and Executive
Summary are available as PDF files from the ICSU/Doyle Foundation Subweb
which can be accessed from the ICSU site (www.icsu.org)
or directly from this site.
Go to New
Genetics, Food and Agriculture Subweb
This
resource provides
access to an extensive bibliography, with full text of almost all the 50+
reviews selected for inclusion.
Biotechnology
and Sustainable Development: Voices of the South and North ( the proceedings of the
Alexandria conference held in March 2002. This was a joint project of
Bibliotheca Alexandrina, The Doyle Foundation and CABI Publishing. This book
is available for purchase from the CABI bookshop. The table of
contents, selected chapters and overview are provided in the Bibliography
contained in the New Genetics, Food and Agriculture Subweb - For more
information go to the subweb's Monographs
page.
Current
Publications and Projects:
Biosciences eastern and central Africa
(BecA). A member of the interim
Steering Committee and Implementation Group. For more information go to Biosciences
eastern and central Africa website
(www.biosciencesafrica.org)
Discovery to Delivery
(I.
Serageldin & G.J. Persley (eds) 2005) proceedings of the BioVisionAlexandria
2004 Conference, held at the Library of Alexandria in Egypt. Download
Discovery to Delivery (warning
very large 19.7MB file). For further information
about the 2004 conference go to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina website: http://www.bibalex.org/bioalex2004conf/
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