From Genetic Engineering to Gene Editing: Harnessing Advances in Biology for National Economic Development

Nuthalapati, Chandra Sekhara Rao

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“…In the food sector, gene editing technology (GMOs) has been proposed as a sustainable solution for food security [63,64]. The 1996 World Food Summit declared that "food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life" [65].…”

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Youth Awareness and Expectations about GMOs and Nuclear Power Technologies within the North American Free Trade Bloc: A Retrospective Cross-Country Comparative Analysis

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Adkins

2020

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

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This study reports on the cross-country heterogeneity in youth awareness and expectations about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and nuclear power technology (NPT) within the North American free trade area (NAFTA). Models are estimated with data on youth respondents from the USA, Canada and Mexico, using seemingly unrelated bivariate weighted ordered probit regression, with maximum simulated likelihood estimation. Our findings show that the diffusion of technology and information within the trade bloc, for the 20 years prior to the 2015 data collection period, did not significantly contribute to cross-country convergence in youth awareness and expectations about GMOs and NPTs. Indeed, with regard to awareness, compared to youth from the USA, those from Canada show 15% (GMOs) and 7.1% (NPT) more awareness, respectively; while youth from Mexico show 34.4% and 19.5% less awareness about GMOs and NPT, respectively. With respect to expectations about future developments of the two technological artifacts, compared to youth from the USA, those from Canada and Mexico are 34.4% and 39.9% more optimistic about GMOs, respectively, while 15% and 49.7% are more optimistic about NPT. Overall, our findings show that the youth population within NAFTA is 2.5% and 6.7% more optimistic about GMOs and NPT for each level of increase in their awareness about the two technologies, respectively. Theoretically, our results seem to reject the hypothesis of NAFTA being a technology convergence country club in the Schumpeterian view, while seemingly supporting the existence of heterogeneous growth regimes within NAFTA.

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Section: Genetically Modified Organisms (Gmos)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Youth Awareness and Expectations about GMOs and Nuclear Power Technologies within the North American Free Trade Bloc: A Retrospective Cross-Country Comparative Analysis

Niankara

Adkins

2020

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

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“…A number of studies on the agronomic, environmental and socio-economic consequences of the introduction of GMO have generated interest in intensive study of issues related to the biological safety of agricultural biotechnologies (Nuthalapati, 2020;118). However, the fragmentation of information about GMO circulating in the information field, together with coordinated information campaigns that incite public opinion against genetic engineering, creates the need to streamline the research data obtained in recent years on the properties and effects of GMO.…”

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“…In India growing cotton with the genome of Bacillus thuringiensis has increased employment and household incomes, as well as increased calorie intake (Nuthalapati, 2020;122). Saputri et al (2019;1) developed and applied a model for measuring the performance of sustainable agri-food supply chains for GMO and non-GMO, which includes the calculation of adjusted profit based on total recoverable costs and total factor productivity.…”

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“…It was found that the development of genetically modified potatoes, which are resistant to pulp pigmentation, late blight and low temperatures, reduced the costs of producers by 28 %, and also, reduced the area of pesticide sprayed by 2.5 million acres, carbon dioxide emissions by 740 million pounds and 84 billion gallons of water consumption (Nuthalapati, 2020;122).…”

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2021

Bul. Kar. Univ. - Econ.

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In the article, the authors consider human capital as the driving force of the economy, identification of trends in relations, dynamics, prospects and results, where human capital influences the economic development of Kazakhstan. The aim of the study is to assess the critique of human capital development.Methods: The results of the research are based on the fundamental theoretical and empirical work of leading Kazakh and foreign scientists devoted to the analysis of the processes of accumulation and use of human capital. General scientific principles and methods were applied: analysis and synthesis, system approach.Findings: The basic components of basic human capital, such as education and training, Gross domestic product (GDP) growth, have been analysed. The authors analysed data from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER), which is an index illustrating the number of students enrolled at a given level of education. The results of the study showed that that health is the main component of human capital formation. T. Schultz suggested that health is a vital part of human capital formation, as it reflects living conditions. Life expectancy is the best indicator for determining health status.Conclusions: The need for investment in research and development was noted since any investment in science and technology increases human capital in the country. Therefore, the next indicator to be considered is an investment in research and development in Kazakhstan. An analysis was made of the main criteria for the development of human capital in Kazakhstan, which revealed the strengths and weaknesses of the current situation in the country. An assessment of the different levels of education shows that the gross enrolment ratio in primary and secondary schools is quite high. However, the GER for higher education is quite low compared to other developed countries.

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From Genetic Engineering to Gene Editing: Harnessing Advances in Biology for National Economic Development

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Youth Awareness and Expectations about GMOs and Nuclear Power Technologies within the North American Free Trade Bloc: A Retrospective Cross-Country Comparative Analysis

Youth Awareness and Expectations about GMOs and Nuclear Power Technologies within the North American Free Trade Bloc: A Retrospective Cross-Country Comparative Analysis

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