|
Food
security objective |
Constraint |
Target |
1
Microbial
fermentation/ bio-control/ bio-fertilizers
|
2
New
diagnostics/ vaccines
|
3
Tissue
culture/ micro- propagation |
4
Molecular
markers
and MAS |
5
Genetic
engineering/ transgenics
|
6
Functional
genomics
|
Specific
global
examples
|
| Meeting demand predictions for
staples |
Pests / diseases
Abiotic stresses
|
Rice
Salinity / drought tolerance in cereals |
Rice
Integrated
pest
management |
|
|
Cereals /
drought
tolerance
|
Bacterial blight (Xa1 gene)
Salinity tolerant genes
|
Rice genome
Cereals
|
ARBN/IRRI/
China
India
China
ICRISAT
CIMMYT |
| Increasing livestock |
Diseases
Production |
Cattle/pigs/ sheep
Dairy cattle |
|
Foot and mouth disease (FMD) |
Embryo technology |
|
|
|
Thailand
India |
| Increasing fish / aquaculture
|
Diseases |
Shrimp viruses |
|
Molecular diagnostics |
|
|
|
|
Thailand |
| Increasing vegetables |
Pests / diseases |
Tomato / potato |
Bacterial wilt biocontrol
agent |
|
Potato (Vietnam) |
Bacterial wilt resistant
varieties |
|
|
AVRDC
Vietnam
|
ARBN
– Asian Rice Biotechnology Network,
AVRDC – Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center,
CIMMYT – International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center,
ICRISAT – International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid
Tropics, IRRI – International Rice Research Institute
Source:
Persley, G.J. 2001. Agricultural Biotechnology: Global Challenges and Emerging
Science. In:
Persley, G.J., and MacIntyre, L.R. (eds.)
Agricultural Biotechnology: Country
Case Studies—A Decade of Development.
CAB Publishing, Wallingford, U.K.
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