GM agriculture and food security : fears and facts /: fears and facts. ([2019])
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- GM agriculture and food security : fears and facts /: fears and facts. ([2019])
- Main Title:
- GM agriculture and food security : fears and facts
- Further Information:
- Note: Stuart J. Smyth, William A. Kerr and Peter W.B. Phillips.
- Authors:
- Smyth, Stuart
Kerr, William A (William Alexander)
Phillips, Peter W. B - Other Names:
- C.A.B. International, 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?
- Publisher Details:
- Oxfordshire, UK Boston, MA : CAB International
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 338.1/9
Food security
Transgenic plants
Agriculture -- Economic aspects
Food Supply
Food Technology
Food, Genetically Modified
Food Safety
Food Labeling
Agriculture -- Economic aspects
Food security
Transgenic plants - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781786392237
1786392232
9781786392220
1786392224 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781786392213
1786392216
9781786392244
1786392240 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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