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Reference: Serageldin, I and Persley, G.J. 2003
Title: Biotechnology and Sustainable Development: Voices of the South and North.
Authors: Serageldin, I. and Persley, G.J. (eds)
Publisher: CAB International, Wallingford, UK
Publication details: 2003. 304p. CABI Biotechnology in Agriculture Series, No. 26

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SUMMARY 

This book had its genesis in Alexandria, Egypt in March 2002 at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, when the new library hosted a conference on Biotechnology and Sustainable Development: Voices of the South and North. Here, a group of modern scholars met to review the state of the art in relation to the applications of biosciences in human health, food and agriculture and the environment, and address the ethical, institutional, regulatory and socio-economic issues that affect their use.  The goal was to identify ways and means by which science and especially the new life sciences could be mobilized in the service of humanity and especially to improve the livelihoods of poor people.

The conference provided rare opportunities for cross sectoral and cross disciplinary interactions. The dialogue amongst people from many countries knowledgeable about the key themes of human health, food and agriculture, and the environment and their ethical dimensions provided for sharing knowledge and experience and cross-fertilization of ideas.

It seems fitting that the issues pertaining to the discoveries and the applications of the new life sciences should be the focus of this early publication from the new library. These issues raise some of the most vexing problems and exciting opportunities facing society today, and where efforts to find common ground amongst those with varying views are difficult.

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina aims to continue its efforts in promoting dialogue on emerging issues in the life sciences and how new discoveries may be best used in the service of humanity. It is intended that the 2002 Alexandria conference will be the first of a biannual series of dialogues hosted by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. These will be held in alternate years to BioVision, the World Life Sciences Forum, which will convene next in Lyon, France in April 2003.  We hope this volume based on the first Alexandria dialogue contributes some insights and opportunities for mobilising the best of science in the service of society.

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Serageldin, I and Persley, G.J. 2003. Biotechnology and Sustainable Development: Voices of the South and North.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contributors ix

Foreword  xiii

Preface xv

Acknowledgements  xvii

Section 1: Overview 1

1. Alexandria Renaissance: The New Life Sciences and Society
Gabrielle J. Persley and Ismail Serageldin

Section 2: The New Life Sciences and Sustainable Development 17

2. Science and the Poor 19 
Ismail Serageldin

3. Biotechnology and the War on Poverty 29      
Gordon Conway 

4. Biotechnology and its Application in Agriculture And Food Production: The Egyptian Experience  55  
Magdy A. Madkour 

5. Biotechnology: The Next Wave of Innovation Technologies for  Sustainable Development 67
Donald J. Johnston

6. Sustainable Food Security: Role of the Private Sector  75
Klaus M. Leisinger

7. Where the Biotechnology Industry is Heading  87 
Steen Riisgaard

Section 3: The New Life Sciences for Food and Agriculture    93

8. From Molecular Genetics to Plants for the Future  95  
Marc Van Montagu, Dulce de Oliveira and Sylvia Burssens 

9. New Biotechnology Applications in Fish  113   
Peter R. Gardiner, Li Sze Lim and George John

10. Biotechnology and Smallholder Agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa   125    
Eusebius J. Mukhwana

11. Biocontrol of Potato Bacterial Wilt in Kenya    129
Julian Smith, Kinyua Murimi, Reinette Gouws, Gerry S. Saddler, André Trigalet and Sarah Simons

12. Arid Lands Experience: Crop Improvement in Dry Areas  143 
Adel El-Beltagy

13. Intellectual Property Rights: Biotechnology and the Gene Revolution  149
John Dodds

Section 4: The New Life Sciences for Human Health              161

14. Post-Genomic Health Advances and Its Implications in Developing Countries 163
Effat A. Badr

15. Novel Approaches for Vaccine Development Against Trypanosomiasis in Africa 173
Noel B. Murphy, Derek Nolan, and Samuel J. Black

16. Developing and Marketing of A Salmonella-Specific DNA Diagnostic Kit in Southern Africa 187       
J. M. Gopo, E. Baros and A.A. Ven Kent

17. Globalization and Access to Biotechnology-Derived Health Care Products: A View from Egypt   191     
Mohammed A. Eldawy

18. Prevention of Human Infectious Diseases in Developing Countries 201
Pierre Crooy

19. International Organizations and Human Health 213      
Hussein A. Gezairy and Abdel Aziz Saleh

20. Biotechnology: Perspectives of Civil Society 221     
Mamdouh Gabr

Section 5: The New Life Sciences for the Conservation of Natural Resources 227

21. Biotechnology: Driven by Profit or Searching for a Better Environment?  229     
Brian Johnson

22. Adding Value to Brazilian Biodiversity through Biotechnology 237     
Antonio Paes de Carvalho

Section 6: The Safe Use of New Biotechnologies 245

23. Scientific Basis of Biosafety Risk Assessments  247 
Klaus Ammann

24. Emerging Regulatory Regimes in South Africa  251     
Jennifer A. Thomson

25. International Harmonization in Biosafety: The OECD Experience   257     
Michael Oborne and Peter Kearns   

Section 7: Public Perceptions 263

26. Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology: A Consumer Perspective 265
Gregory Jaffe

27. Public Concerns About Biotechnology  279     
Thomas Jefferson Hoban, IV

28. Perception and Acceptance of Biotechnology in Some Developing Countries 289  
Albert Sasson

Section 8: Toward New Partnerships 299

29. New Partnerships to Raise Universal Consciousness in the Life Sciences  301  
P. Desmarescaux

Index 305

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