The gene revolution GM crops and unequal development / edited by Sakiko Fukuda-Parr.
| Other author | Fukuda-Parr, Sakiko, 1950- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; Sterling, Va. : Earthscan, |
| Description | xxx, 248 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction : genetically modified crops and national development priorities / Sakiko Fukuda-Parr -- Emergence and global spread of GM crops : explaining the role of institutional change / Sakiko Fukuda-Parr -- US : leading science, technology and commercialization / Greg Traxler -- Europe : turning against agricultural biotechnology in the late 1990s / Yves Tiberghien -- West and Central Africa : strategizing biotechnology for food security and poverty reduction / Marcel Nwalozie ... [et al.] -- Argentina : adopting RR soy, economic liberalization, global markets and socio-economic consequences / Daniel Chudnovsky -- Brazil : confronting the challenges of global competition and protecting biodiversity / Jose Maria F. J. da Silveira, Izaias de Carvalho Borges -- China : emerging public sector model for GM crop development / Jikun Huang ... [et al.] -- India : confronting the challenge - the potential of genetically modified crops for the poor / Bharat Ramaswami, Carl E. Pray -- South Africa : revealing the potential and obstacles, the private sector model and reaching the traditional sector / Marnus Gouse -- Institutional changes in Argentina, Brazil, China, India and South Africa / Sakiko Fukuda-Parr -- The role of government policy : for growth, sustainability and equity / Sakiko Fukuda-Parr. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2008297756 |
| ISBN | 9781844074105 |
| ISBN | 1844074102 |
| ISBN | 1844074099 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9781844074099 (pbk.) |
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