
Future of Genetically Modified Crops : Lessons from the Green Revolution.
Title:
Future of Genetically Modified Crops : Lessons from the Green Revolution.
Author:
Wu, Felicia.
ISBN:
9780833040510
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (115 pages)
Contents:
Preface -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- CHAPTER ONE- Introduction -- The Agricultural Revolutions of the 19th and20th Centuries -- The "Gene Revolution" -- The Gene Revolution in Light of the Earlier GreenRevolution -- Science and Technology -- Funding and Sources of Financial Investment -- Where the Revolution Takes Place -- Policies and Politics -- ORGANIZATION OF THIS REPORT -- CHAPTER TWO- The Green Revolution -- Science and Technology -- Plant Breeding Methodologies -- Combined Technologies -- Training of Local Scientists -- Funding -- Where the Green Revolution Occurred -- Latin America -- Asia -- The United Kingdom -- A Failure in Africa? -- Policies and Politics -- Domestic Interests -- International Interests -- Where the Green Revolution Fell Short: Remaining Challenges -- Agricultural Challenges -- Human Health Challenges -- Socioeconomic Challenges -- Environmental Challenges -- Lessons from the Green Revolution -- Successes of the Green Revolution -- Issues Left Unresolved by the Green Revolution -- CHAPTER THREE- The Gene Revolution: Genetically Modified Crops -- Science and Technology -- Agricultural Benefits of Genetically Modified Crops -- Potential Health Benefits of GM Crops -- Potential Risks of GM Crops -- Funding -- Where the Gene Revolution Is Occurring -- Policies and Politics -- United States -- European Union -- The U.S. and EU Dispute over GMOs and Its Implications for theGene Revolution in the Developing World -- Other Crucial Differences in the Political Worlds of the Green and Gene Revolutions -- CHAPTER FOUR- Lessons for the Gene Revolution from the Green Revolution -- Agricultural Biotechnology Is Just One of Several Optionsfor the Future -- Broadening the Impact of the GM Crop Movement:Applying Lessons from the Green Revolution -- Implications for Relevant Stakeholders.
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Abstract:
Investigates the circumstances and processes required to establish the new Gene Revolution in which genetically modified crops are tailored to address chronic agricultural problems in specific regions of the world.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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