GM agriculture and food security : fears and facts /: fears and facts. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• 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; Note: Description based on print version record
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