SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INEXTRICABLY LINKED. AS SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE EVOLVES AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES ARE DEVELOPED NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES OPEN UP ALONGSIDE NEW CHALLENGES AND THREATS. THE GREEN REVOLUTION RAISED YIELDS OF CEREAL CROPS BUT BROUGHT ABOUT UNFORESEEN SOCIETAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS. GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS MAY OFFER IMPROVED YIELDS BUT RAISE NEW QUESTIONS REGARDING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TRADE. THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF ENERGY, SUCH AS BIOENERGY, MAY PLAY A ROLE IN COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE BUT THERE ARE IMPLICATIONS FOR FOOD SUPPLY AND GLOBAL FOOD PRICES. NEW TECHNOLOGIES, BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AND NANOTECHNOLOGIES ARE CREATING NEW RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SOCIETY AND TECHNOLOGY. INDEED, IT IS INCREASINGLY IMPOSSIBLE TO UNPICK TECHNOLOGY FROM SOCIETY IT IS SO MESHED INTO EVERYTHING WE DO. THE CHANGES THESE TECHNOLOGIES CAN BRING ABOUT ARE FELT MOST KEENLY IN DEVELOPING