This theme is part of the Biotechnology Research Archive. Effective and well-designed regulation is essential to any innovation process. This is particularly the case for novel genetic techniques, where uncertainty…
Theme 2: Regulating agricultural biotechnology
Theme 1: Poverty reduction and food security: impacts of genetic technologies
This theme is part of the Biotechnology Research Archive. What have been the impacts of modern agricultural biotechnology on poverty and food security? Studies include broad international overviews to particular…
Reconsideración de la normativa: las semillas y las drogas en China y Argentina
En inglés Pagina en español (pdf 98kb) Reconsideración de la normativa El proyecto compara la normativa de dos tecnologías – las semillas de algodón y los antibióticos transgénicos – con…
Backgrounder: Veterinary Science, Transboundary Animal Diseases and Markets
Contexts Contexts for southern Africa’s livestock production systems are fast changing. A wider group of producers, including smallholders, are demanding access to markets and the privileged position of large scale…
Backgrounder: Avian ‘flu: the politics and policy processes of a global response
Framing policy: the case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) The central focus of this project is an analysis of policy framings and the way different actors, networks and interests…
“Seminar” special issue: Knowledge Society
The STEPS Centre held events in Hyderabad, Bangalore and Delhi from 5-13 January 2009 to discuss the Knowledge Society. “Seminar” special issue The Indian journal Seminar devoted a special issue…
Media Centre
World-class scientists from the Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium are available for interview and to comment on the science of emerging and re-emerging zoonotic diseases, the poverty impacts of…
CONCLAVE OF AFRO-ASIAN YOUNG SCIENTISTS: GEOENGINEERING – THE STUFF OF HOLLYWOOD
By Harriet Le Bris, STEPS Centre member When I first heard about geoengineering at last year’s STEPS Centre Symposium, my mouth dropped open as I stared in disbelief at the…
Kenya: ACTS/STEPS Manifesto Roundtable – Afternoon group sessions
After a fruitful morning session, where we heard participants’ responses to the Manifesto and examples of their own work, the afternoon focused on solutions in 3 areas: Health, Food and…
Kenya: ACTS/STEPS Manifesto Roundtable – morning discussions
On 4th December, the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) hosted a Manifesto roundtable at the ICRAF Campus, Nairobi, Kenya. The group included economists, representatives from business and local and…