{"product_id":"2940149101931","title":"RE-SEARCHING AGRICULTURE IN SOUTH ASIA: The law and policy context for agricultural research and development and its impact on smallholder farmers","description":"South Asia has a rich agricultural history which spans more than 5,000 years. The Kandian Home\u003cbr\u003eGardens in Sri Lanka, the terraced rice gardens of Nepal, the Apatani system in northeast India\u003cbr\u003eand the fish-rice farming system in Bangladesh are all well-known examples of this unique wealth\u003cbr\u003eof knowledge. Yet the knowledge and skills of the farming communities who have developed these\u003cbr\u003esustainable, resilient and productive systems are being increasingly bypassed, overlooked and\u003cbr\u003eundermined by a new era of agricultural research that is taking hold in the region.\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on a wealth of evidence and new data accessed under the Indian Right to Information\u003cbr\u003eAct, the author of this excellent and timely report clearly shows how an emerging web of powerful\u003cbr\u003eactors and processes is now redefining public research in South Asia. Shalini Bhutani has carefully\u003cbr\u003eanalysed the forces and factors that are re-shaping and privatising public agricultural research in\u003cbr\u003eBangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. These factors act as ‘determinants of innovation’:\u003cbr\u003esocial, cultural, economical and\/or political factors that are now redefining the governance of public\u003cbr\u003eresearch, the development of technologies, models of agricultural production, and the dynamics of\u003cbr\u003efood systems in South Asia. They are all carefully scrutinised in this paper along with their functions\u003cbr\u003eand their mutual relationships on a national, sectoral or regional scale.\u003cbr\u003eThe author also shows how the governance of public sector agricultural research is undergoing\u003cbr\u003erapid change in South Asia under the influence of global economic forces such as the new rules of\u003cbr\u003eglobal finance, free trade, intellectual property rights, new laws, as well as consolidations and strategic\u003cbr\u003ealliances in the agricultural input industry and the structural power of multinational food corporations.\u003cbr\u003eNational and international law are key drivers of change in this context.","brand":"ReadCycle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47067976630512,"sku":"2940149101931","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149101931_p0.jpg?v=1763719204","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149101931","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}