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  Introducing a genetically modified banana in Uganda: social benefits, costs, and consumer perceptions

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2008

  This report examines the potential social welfare impacts of adopting a Genetically Modified (GM) banana in Uganda. Banana is a staple crop consumed by the majority of Ugandan households. The study applies a real option approach to estimate, ex ante, the maximum incremental social tolerable irreversible costs (MISTICs) that would justify immediate introduction of the technology.
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  Governing agricultural biotechnology in Africa: building public confidence and capacity for policy-making

  African Centre for Technology Studies, 2008

  This book provides an overview of the potential benefits of agricultural biotechnology in Africa in the context of continuous poor agricultural production and rising food insecurity. The authors draw on research on biotechnology and biosafety policy in three African countries: Kenya, South Africa and Uganda.
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  Agricultural Biotechnology Research Partnerships in sub-Saharan Africa (Technology Policy Brief)

  United Nations University Institute for New technologies, 2004

  A widely accepted mechanism for providing developing countries with access to proprietary biotechnology products and tools is the formation of partnerships between Southern and Northern research institutions and multinational private companies.