[PDF] Better Crops For Food eBook

Author : Jonathan Nugent
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 23,52 MB
Release : 2009-09-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 047071848X

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The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.

Author : Jonathan Nugent
Publisher : Financial Times/Prentice Hall
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,41 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Science
ISBN :

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Symposiumverslagen over het wijzigen van de plantenbiochemie, teeltprogramma's voor opbrengstverhoging, het verbeteren van de voedingswaarde, verhoging van de weerstand tegen ziektes en andere omgevingsfaktoren

Author : Jennifer Thomson
Publisher : Cabi
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 10,7 MB
Release : 2020-12-04
Category :
ISBN : 9781789248401

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Attitudes to GM crops continue to generate tension, even though they have been grown commercially for over 20 years. Negative sentiment towards their development limits their adoption in Western countries, despite there being no evidence of harm to human health. These unfounded concerns about genetically modified crops have also inhibited uptake in many countries throughout Africa and Asia, having a major impact on agricultural productivity and preventing the widespread cultivation of potentially life-saving crops. GM Crops and the Global Divide traces the historical importance that European attitudes to past colonial influences, aid, trade and educational involvement have had on African leaders and their people. The detrimental impact that these attitudes have on agricultural productivity and food security continues to be of growing importance, especially in light of climate change, drought and the potential rise in sea levels - the effects of which could be mitigated by the cultivation of GM and gene-edited crops. Following on from her previous books Genes for Africa, GM Crops: The Impact and the Potential, and Food for Africa:The Life and Work of a Scientist in GM Crops, Jennifer Thomson unravels the reasons behind these negative attitudes towards GM crop production. By addressing the detrimental effects that anti-GM opinions have on nutrition security in developing countries and providing a clear account of the science to counter these attitudes, she hopes to highlight and ultimately bridge this global divide.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 607 pages
File Size : 13,49 MB
Release : 2017-01-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309437385

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Genetically engineered (GE) crops were first introduced commercially in the 1990s. After two decades of production, some groups and individuals remain critical of the technology based on their concerns about possible adverse effects on human health, the environment, and ethical considerations. At the same time, others are concerned that the technology is not reaching its potential to improve human health and the environment because of stringent regulations and reduced public funding to develop products offering more benefits to society. While the debate about these and other questions related to the genetic engineering techniques of the first 20 years goes on, emerging genetic-engineering technologies are adding new complexities to the conversation. Genetically Engineered Crops builds on previous related Academies reports published between 1987 and 2010 by undertaking a retrospective examination of the purported positive and adverse effects of GE crops and to anticipate what emerging genetic-engineering technologies hold for the future. This report indicates where there are uncertainties about the economic, agronomic, health, safety, or other impacts of GE crops and food, and makes recommendations to fill gaps in safety assessments, increase regulatory clarity, and improve innovations in and access to GE technology.

Author : Fred Magdoff
Publisher : Sare
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 46,94 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Humus
ISBN : 9781888626131

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"'Published by the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program, with funding from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture."