This chapter documents the transformation of Indian agriculture following the economic liberalization since the early 1990s. It looks at the evolution of agricultural trade and trade policies, the investments and subsidies in agriculture, agricultural credit, the irrigation infrastructure, private...

This chapter assesses the potential of private voluntary standards in horticultural exports for providing incentives to the private sector investing in small-scale growers, to the mutual benefit of growers as well as exporters. The chapter then traces characteristics of such co-investment and its...

This chapter examines: the factors influencing private and public sector investment in plant breeding in industrial countries; the levels of investment in plant breeding and on-farm varietal use; the forces driving the privatization of plant breeding in industrial countries; the future roles for...