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Introduction Walter Isaacson, in his Time magazine article "The Biotech Century" labeled the 2000s as the 'biotech century' and highlighted the imminent revolution of biotechnology and what it held for the twenty-first century . Today, the fruits of his seeds of foresight are just beginning to materialise. The term 'biotechnology' spans across a spectrum of industries and dabbles into various sensitive issues like cloning, genetically modified food and etc. In essence, biotechnology is the application of …

…in order to ensure these benefits are realised in the Asian region, ethical and socially responsible corporate behaviour by biotechnology firms with operations in Asia is strongly advocated and this should be coupled with a more robust and stringent performance by governments in Asia to make the GM Crops Game a "Win-Win' Game in Asia. Only with collective and collaborative efforts of the multiple stakeholders can the promises of GM crops be realised in Asia.