AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY IN PAKISTAN: AN OVERVIEW

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作者：

Sajjad, Muhammad Ali ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Agr Sci & Vet Med, 59 Marasti,Sect 1, Bucharest 011464, Romania

来源：

SCIENTIFIC PAPERS-SERIES MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC ENGINEERING IN AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT | 2011年 / 11卷 / 02期

关键词：

GM crops; research infrastructure; extension; regulations;

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中图分类号：

F3 [农业经济];

学科分类号：

0202 ; 020205 ; 1203 ;

摘要：

Agriculture is the livelihood of rural areas and plays a vital role for the economy of Pakistan. This paper reviews the mechanism governing the research and release of transgenic crops through various research institutions and regulatory authorities. The concise functioning of government agencies in relation with recent approvals has been studied and elaborated. Although Pakistan has many state of the art centres of biotechnology research but the main focus has been on cotton and rice only and so far only transgenic cotton has been approved for wide scale cultivation. There exists a large scope for genetic manipulations of other crops and an effective extension of developed GM varieties from laboratory to farm. The wide spread cultivation of Bt cotton since 2002 demonstrates the need for implementation of biosafety regulations and capacity building in management of GM crops.

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页码：173 / 176

页数：4