Agricultural Biotechnology

Gabrielle Persley has worked both as a researcher and as a senior strategic science leader, with some of the world's leading agricultural and development agencies, including several years as the Word Bank's Biotechnology advisor. Currently she is the Research Director of the Crawford Fund Australia, based at the Global Change Institute, University of Queensland. Professor Persley is also the Founder and Chair of the Doyle Foundation, Scotland, which advocates the role of science and technology in development, especially in Africa. She is a senior advisor to the International Livestock Research Institute and the Biosciences eastern and central Africa (BecA) in Kenya. Professor Persley has a PhD in Microbiology from the University of Queensland, based on her research on bacterial diseases of cassava in Africa. The University of Queensland awarded Professor Persley the Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence in 2014 for her work in international science and technology in relation to food security.

• Part I: Introductory Review 1.1: Agricultural Biotechnology: Global Challenges and Emergin Science,G J Persley Part II: Asia/Pacific China, Qifa Zhang 2.1: India, Manju Sharma 2.2: Indonesia, P J Dart, I H Slamet-Loedin, and E Sukara 2.3: Pakistan, Yusuf Zafar 2.4: Philippines, Reynaldo E de la Cruz 2.5: Thailand,Morakot Tanticharoen Part III: Africa 3.1: Egypt, Magdy A Madkour 3.2: Kenya, N K Olembo 3.3: Zimbabwe, C J Chetsanga Part IV: Latin America 4.1: Brazil, Maria J A Sampaio 4.2: Colombia, R Torres and C Falconi 4.3: Costa Rica, A Sittenfeld, A M Espinoza, M Munoz, and A Zamora