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Planning for the impacts of agrobiotechnologies: A guide for public administrators

Leonie A. Marks (University of Durham, UK)
William A. Kerr (University of Aberdeen, UK)
K.K. Klein (The University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada)

International Journal of Public Sector Management

ISSN: 0951-3558

Article publication date: 1 February 1995

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Abstract

Biotechnology involves the use of modern biological procedures to enhance economically desirable traits exhibited by plants, animals and micro‐organisms. These new technologies are currently reaching the stage of commercial application in agriculture. Developing countries will face a major challenge over the next decade as they attempt to develop policies and administrative structures which will allow the successful introduction of agrobiotechnologies while minimizing the socio‐economic disruptions which may accompany rapid technological change. Attempts to provide public sector managers with an operational planning framework which will allow them to anticipate the impacts of biotechnologies in advance of their introduction and, hence, take steps to mitigate the costs associated with their introduction.

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Marks, L.A., Kerr, W.A. and Klein, K.K. (1995), "Planning for the impacts of agrobiotechnologies: A guide for public administrators", International Journal of Public Sector Management, Vol. 8 No. 1, pp. 35-47. https://doi.org/10.1108/09513559510077823

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