Auteur :
Van Beuzekom
Brigitte,
Arundel
Anthony
Collectivite Auteur :
OECD
Année de Publication :
2009
Type : Rapport
Thème : Ecosystèmes terrestres
Couverture :
Maroc
This report provides statistics on biotechnology activities for 22 OECD countries and four non-member countries. The main methodological challenges concern the production of comparable statistics across countries that have used different survey designs. Table 1.1. summarises the main methodological characteristics of the studies of biotechnology in each country.
This methodological section applies to the data presented in Chapters two through six. The indicators and analyses presented in these Chapters are based on biotechnology data collected by the OECD from national representatives. The chapter on biotechnology patents is based on OECD patent data. The other data presented in the report, including biotechnology in agriculture, biotechnology in health, biotechnology alliances and biotechnology venture capital, are based on external data sources.
In an effort to harmonise data collection and improve international comparability, the OECD developed a data collection questionnaire in 2008 that each national producer of biotechnology statistics could complete and return to the OECD.4 The data compiled through the OECD biotechnology questionnaire was used in this report. The use of this questionnaire helped to obtain consistent results, providing a major improvement over the data collection for the 2006 edition of OECD Biotechnology Statistics, which relied on national reports.