Global challenges and directions for agricultural biotechnology workshop report national research council division on earth and life studies board on life sciences isbn 9780309120777 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. Global challenges and directions for agricultural biotechnology mapping the course organized by the national research council on october 24 25 2004 in washington dc focused on the potential applications of biotechnology and what developing countries might consider as they contemplate adopting biotechnology. Global challenges and directions for agricultural biotechnology mapping the course organized by the national research council on october 24 25 2004 in washington dc focused on the potential applications of biotechnology and what developing countries might consider as they contemplate adopting biotechnology. Global challenges and directions for agricultural biotechnology workshop report sterring committee on global challenges and directions for agricultural biotechnology mapping the course national research council. 14 global challenges for agricultural biotechnology a half billion people live in countries defined as water stressed or water scarce and by 2025 that figure is expected to increase to 24 34 billion unfpa 2002 drought resistant transgenic crops could be useful in alle viating the demand for water in agriculture