Challenges to the adoption of modern crop biotechnology: insights from Indian and Malaysian GM regulatory frameworks
The emerging use of genetic engineering technology led to the establishment of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in 2001. India and Malaysia are signatories to the Protocol, having established regulatory measures governing the use of biotechnological genetic modification including regulation of...
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| author | Jasdeep Kaur Darsan Singh, Nurzatil Sharleeza Mat Jalaluddin, Mishra, Neeti Sanan Jennifer Ann Harikrishna, |
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| description | The emerging use of genetic engineering technology led to the establishment of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in 2001.
India and Malaysia are signatories to the Protocol, having established regulatory measures governing the use of biotechnological
genetic modification including regulation of genetically engineered crops from research to open cultivation and post-market
surveillance. India and Malaysia have developed biosafety policies that display some similarities but also many differences,
consequently impacting the practicalities of applying the technology to development and deployment of new crop varieties.
The objective of this paper is to compare biosafety policies and regulatory frameworks that India and Malaysia have in place
for the use of modern biotechnology. We highlight the implications of imposing rigid requirements as well as lacking
harmonized policies on the approval process and trade flows, identifying these as potential barriers to the optimal use of
modern crop biotechnology. We also briefly discuss how current interpretations of Living Modified Organisms and Genetically
Modified Organisms in India and Malaysia will influence the pace of crops developed from new plant breeding techniques
and propose options to regulate these technologies based on experience from other countries. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:173792021-08-30T03:15:39Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17379/ Challenges to the adoption of modern crop biotechnology: insights from Indian and Malaysian GM regulatory frameworks Jasdeep Kaur Darsan Singh, Nurzatil Sharleeza Mat Jalaluddin, Mishra, Neeti Sanan Jennifer Ann Harikrishna, The emerging use of genetic engineering technology led to the establishment of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in 2001. India and Malaysia are signatories to the Protocol, having established regulatory measures governing the use of biotechnological genetic modification including regulation of genetically engineered crops from research to open cultivation and post-market surveillance. India and Malaysia have developed biosafety policies that display some similarities but also many differences, consequently impacting the practicalities of applying the technology to development and deployment of new crop varieties. The objective of this paper is to compare biosafety policies and regulatory frameworks that India and Malaysia have in place for the use of modern biotechnology. We highlight the implications of imposing rigid requirements as well as lacking harmonized policies on the approval process and trade flows, identifying these as potential barriers to the optimal use of modern crop biotechnology. We also briefly discuss how current interpretations of Living Modified Organisms and Genetically Modified Organisms in India and Malaysia will influence the pace of crops developed from new plant breeding techniques and propose options to regulate these technologies based on experience from other countries. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17379/1/49_05_01.pdf Jasdeep Kaur Darsan Singh, and Nurzatil Sharleeza Mat Jalaluddin, and Mishra, Neeti Sanan and Jennifer Ann Harikrishna, (2020) Challenges to the adoption of modern crop biotechnology: insights from Indian and Malaysian GM regulatory frameworks. Malaysian Applied Biology, 49 (5). pp. 1-9. ISSN 0126-8643 http://www.mabjournal.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1078&catid=59:current-view&Itemid=56 |
| spellingShingle | Jasdeep Kaur Darsan Singh, Nurzatil Sharleeza Mat Jalaluddin, Mishra, Neeti Sanan Jennifer Ann Harikrishna, Challenges to the adoption of modern crop biotechnology: insights from Indian and Malaysian GM regulatory frameworks |
| title | Challenges to the adoption of modern crop biotechnology: insights from Indian and Malaysian GM regulatory frameworks |
| title_full | Challenges to the adoption of modern crop biotechnology: insights from Indian and Malaysian GM regulatory frameworks |
| title_fullStr | Challenges to the adoption of modern crop biotechnology: insights from Indian and Malaysian GM regulatory frameworks |
| title_full_unstemmed | Challenges to the adoption of modern crop biotechnology: insights from Indian and Malaysian GM regulatory frameworks |
| title_short | Challenges to the adoption of modern crop biotechnology: insights from Indian and Malaysian GM regulatory frameworks |
| title_sort | challenges to the adoption of modern crop biotechnology: insights from indian and malaysian gm regulatory frameworks |
| url | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17379/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17379/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17379/1/49_05_01.pdf |