Identity-Preserved Systems: A Reference Handbook

Front Cover......Page 1
PREFACE......Page 6
INTRODUCTION TO HANDBOOK......Page 10
CONTENTS......Page 16
1.  INTRODUCTION: Background and project objectives......Page 20
2.  CROP DIFFERENTIATION: Self-pollinated crops versus cross-pollinated......Page 28
3.  BASICS of an identity-preserved (IP) system......Page 34
4.  A COMPLETE VALUE-CHAIN IP system......Page 46
5.  MECHANICS and economics of IP systems......Page 58
6.  INSPECTIONS, sampling, and testing......Page 100
7.  VERIFICATION and documentation requirements......Page 118
8.  THIRD-PARTY inspection, testing, and verification......Page 124
9.  INNOVATIONS in IP......Page 130
10.  IMPLICATIONS for each value-chain level......Page 134
11.  SCENARIOS regarding the demand for IP crops......Page 140
12.  GMO: Genetically modified organisms......Page 144
13.  COUNTRY requirements for importation......Page 152
14.  EXISTING IP systems......Page 164
APPENDICES......Page 184
GLOSSARY......Page 230
THE AUTHOR......Page 244
INDEX......Page 246