The potential impact of plant biotechnology on the Millennium Development Goals

dc.contributor.authorYuan, Dawei
dc.contributor.authorBassie Rene, Ludovic
dc.contributor.authorSabalza Gallués, Maite
dc.contributor.authorMiralpeix i Anglada, Bruna
dc.contributor.authorDashevskaya, Svetlana
dc.contributor.authorFarré Martinez, Gemma
dc.contributor.authorRivera Vélez, Sol Maiam
dc.contributor.authorBanakar, Raviraj
dc.contributor.authorBai, Chao
dc.contributor.authorSanahuja Solsona, Georgina
dc.contributor.authorArjó Pont, Gemma
dc.contributor.authorAvilla, Eva
dc.contributor.authorZorrilla López, Uxue
dc.contributor.authorUgidos-Damboriena, Nerea
dc.contributor.authorLópez, Alberto
dc.contributor.authorAlmacellas, David
dc.contributor.authorZhu, Changfu
dc.contributor.authorCapell Capell, Teresa
dc.contributor.authorHahne, Gunther
dc.contributor.authorTwyman, Richard M.
dc.contributor.authorChristou, Paul
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-12T14:23:31Z
dc.date.embargoEndDate2025-01-01
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractThe eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are international development targets for the year 2015 that aim to achieve relative improvements in the standards of health, socioeconomic status and education in the world’s poorest countries. Many of the challenges addressed by the MDGs reflect the direct or indirect consequences of subsistence agriculture in the developing world, and hence, plant biotechnology has an important role to play in helping to achieve MDG targets. In this opinion article, we discuss each of the MDGs in turn, provide examples to show how plant biotechnology may be able to accelerate progress towards the stated MDG objectives, and offer our opinion on the likelihood of such technology being implemented. In combination with other strategies, plant biotechnology can make a contribution towards sustainable development in the future although the extent to which progress can be made in today’s political climate depends on how we deal with current barriers to adoption.ca_ES
dc.description.sponsorshipResearch in our laboratory is supported by Ministry of Science and Innovation-MICINN, Spain (Grant BFU2007-61413); European Research Council Advanced Grant BIOFORCE; Center Consolider, MICINN, Spain; COST Action FA0804, Associated Unit CAVA and SmartCell, FP7 Integrated project.ca_ES
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-010-0987-5
dc.identifier.idgrec016242
dc.identifier.issn0721-7714
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/56833
dc.language.isoengca_ES
dc.publisherSpringer Verlagca_ES
dc.relationMIECI/PN2004-2007/BFU2007-61413
dc.relation.isformatofReproducció del document publicat a https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-010-0987-5ca_ES
dc.relation.ispartofPlant Cell Reports, 2011, vol. 30, núm. 3, p. 249-265ca_ES
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/232933
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/222716
dc.rights(c) Springer Verlag, 2011ca_ES
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccessca_ES
dc.subjectPlant biotechnologyca_ES
dc.subjectMillennium Development Goalsca_ES
dc.subjectPovertyca_ES
dc.titleThe potential impact of plant biotechnology on the Millennium Development Goalsca_ES
dc.typearticleca_ES
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionca_ES
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