|
|
Biography |
|
|
In 1990, Dr James founded ISAAA, a not-for-profit charitable organization, established to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and the acquisition and transfer of crop biotechnology applications from the industrial countries, for the benefit of resource-poor farmers in the developing world. The mission of ISAAA is to alleviate hunger and poverty in the developing countries.An agricultural scientist, Dr James received his formal training in the UK with a first degree in agriculture from the University of Wales, followed by a PhD from Cambridge University. Prior to his association with ISAAA he was Deputy Director General at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in Mexico, where he worked with the late Dr Norman Borlaug, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who was the founding patron of ISAAA. The last twenty-five years have been spent living and/or working in the developing countries of Asia, Latin America, and Africa and devoted to agricultural research & development issues, and crop biotechnology. He has served, as Senior Agricultural Adviser to the Canadian Bilateral Aid Agency (CIDA), the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and has consulted for many international development agencies including United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Bank, and many international philanthropic foundations, including the Rockefeller and Hitachi Foundations.He has published internationally-recognized Annual Reviews on the Global Status of GM crops, and their contribution to global food, feed, fiber, and fuel security, since 1996 when GM crops were first commercialized.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Abstract |
|
|
|
|
The contribution of biotech crops to food, feed and fiber security and sustainability |
|
|
|
|
|
The adoption of biotech crops in 2011, and the sixteen year period 1996 to 2011 is reviewed, within a broad framework, that addresses their adoption and impact (economic, environmental and humanitarian) including their contribution to food, feed, fiber security and sustainability on a global basis. The increasing importance of developing countries, particularly lead developing countries like Brazil, is discussed and analyzed for lessons learnt. The future prospects of biotech crops are summarized including their potential contribution to food, feed and fiber security; a safer environment; a more sustainable agriculture; and the alleviation of poverty and hunger in the developing countries of the world. |
|
|
|
|