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GM agriculture and food security : fears and facts / Stuart J. Smyth, William A. Kerr and Peter W.B. Phillips.
LIBRA HD9005 .S69 2019
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smyth, Stuart, author.
- Kerr, William A. (William Alexander), author.
- Phillips, Peter W. B., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Food security.
- Transgenic plants.
- Agriculture--Economic aspects.
- Agriculture.
- Food Supply.
- Food Technology.
- Food, Genetically Modified.
- Food Safety.
- Food Labeling.
- Medical Subjects:
- Food Supply.
- Food Technology.
- Food, Genetically Modified.
- Food Safety.
- Food Labeling.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 170 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxfordshire, UK ; Boston, MA : CABI, [2019]
- Summary:
- "Myths about biotechnology have prevented it from helping improve food security in the developing world. This book explores the myths and the reality under the following headings: The Sustainability Challenge: Is science leading to a chemical Armageddon? Plant Vitality: Will 'superweeds' strangle our future? Genetic Diversity: Will science drive monoculture and destroy the common heritage of mankind? Is it Safe? The politicization of risk and impacts on food safety, Industrial Agriculture and Corporate Profits: Who is the real winner? The Local Food Movement, Expertise and Opportunism: Who should we listen to? The Nature of Natural: Whose preferences should dominate? And Food Labelling: What does it really mean?"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Food security and technology : fear Trumps hope?
- Expertise and opportunism : who should we listen to?
- The technology promise : how can we feed a world of more than 9 billion?
- The politicization of risk : is it safe?
- Industrial agriculture : who is the real winner?
- The nature of natural : whose preferences should dominate?
- The local food movement : can we be self-sufficient?
- Food labelling : what do people want?
- Genetic diversity in the agro-industrial era : what is at risk?
- The sustainability challenge : are we facing a chemical Armageddon?
- Plant vitality : will 'superweeds' strangle our future?
- The future of food security : where to from here?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781786392213
- 1786392216
- 9781786392244
- 1786392240
- OCLC:
- 1084673820
- Publisher Number:
- 40029538749
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