Bio-innovation and poverty alleviation : case studies from Asia
Sajor, Edsel E.
- SAGE, 2014.
Introduction / Edsel E Sajor, Bernadette Resurrección and Sudip K Raks -- I: ACTUAL, DIRECT AND PROSPECTIVE BENEFITS FOR THE POOR: Biosand Water Filter and Poor Households in the Philippines / Marlon B Sepe, Joel N Sagadal, Rudy D Lange, and Jobert C Porras -- Bio-innovation in Edible Mushroom Industry and Poverty Alleviation in China / Wei Geng and Yaoqi Zhang -- Commercialization of Aquaculture in Nepal: Understanding Its Gender Implications / Geeta Bhatrai Bastakoti, Sunila Rai, and Gam Bahadur Gurung -- Improved Vegetable Production in Northern Thailand: Is the Innovation Pro-poor and Gender Sensitive / Juthathip Chalermphol, Wallratat Intaruccomporn, and Geeta Bhatrai Bastakoti -- 'Lazy Garden' Innovation as a Resilience-building Strategy / Louis Lebel, Songphonsak Rattanawilailak, Phimphakan Lebel, Alisa Arfue, Patcharawalai Sriyasak, and Rajesh Daniel -- II: ABSENCE OF POSITIVE IMPACTS AND INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS : Shrimp Probiotics, Social Differentiation, and Shrimp Farmers in Vietnam/ Le Thi Van Hue and Chi Hoang Lan Dinh -- Biochar Stoves: An Innovation Studies Perspective / Simon Shackley and Sarah Carter -- Vaccine R & D in Thailand: Meeting Public Health Needs through Collective IPR Management / Cecilia Oh -- Biogas Program and Its Impact on the Poor in Vietnam / Tuong Vi Pham, Han Tuyet Mai, and Tran Chi Trung -- Harnessing Poverty Alleviation Potential of Biofertilizer in the Philippines / Linda M Peñalba, Merlyne M Paunlagui, and Rowena D T Baconguis -- III: PRO-POOR DRIVERS AND EMBEDDING IN ANTI-POVERTY ALLEVIATION: Knowing Earth and Sky: The Transmission of Knowledge in Natural Farming in Chiang Mai Province / Jeff Rutherford -- Changing Trends of Bio-Innovation in Pharmaceutical Industry: Inclusion and Exclusion of Poor / Eunjeong Ma -- Bt Cotton in China: Implications for the Rural Poor and Poverty Alleviation / Qiaoqiao Zhang and Wan Min -- Biofertilizer-based Bio-innovation: Relevance to Poverty Welfare / Sunita Sangar.