The implementation of transgenic insects as components of pest management systems depends on the economic viability of the process in individual cases. The use of radiation-induced sterility in the sterile insect technique (SIT), inundative biological control releases and live vaccine baits provide ...

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...

The conceptual framework of new institutional economics has been key to those who wish to take a less ideological and more analytical approach to the division of labour between private and government actors in the livestock sector. This chapter discusses important concepts from new institutional...

This chapter reviews the available evidence on trends in private agricultural research in developing countries. It then uses economic logic and the available evidence to examine the determinants of benefits from and costs of research. The chapter concludes that private research in developing...