Good morning and welcome back to Sussex for the second day of DSA 2007. We kick off today with what promises to be a very lively debate about biotechnology and…
DSA DAY 2: BIOTECHNOLOGY & THE MEDIA
INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH CHINA
By ADRIAN ELY, STEPS Centre member Guangzhou, in South China, is one of the cities at the forefront of the country’s “ economic miracle”. The skyline is characterised as much…
RISK IN INDIA: NEW CROP TECHNOLOGIES OR NEW DISEASE?
By ESHA SHAH, STEPS Centre member A deadly strain of disease has been identified as spreading fast across the wheat fields of Asia and Africa and scientists are worried that…
RISK IN INDIA: NEW PHARMACEUTICALS & PATENT LAW
By ESHA SHAH, STEPS Centre member Controversy over the extent to which private pharmaceutical interests can creep into the debates around public good has arisen recently here in India. A…
RISK, UNCERTAINTY AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN INDIA
By ESHA SHAH, STEPS Centre member Our time is marked by a rapid technological change and associated anxieties about public and private risks, a significant part of which remain uncertain…
GRASSROOTS TO GLOBAL – THE HONEY BEE NETWORK
Local communities across the developing world facing technological or institutional problems deal with them in different ways. Often, they simply learn to live with them. But sometimes they develop successful…