The Gene Revolution: GM Crops and Unequal Development - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1844074102 ISBN 13: 9781844074105

Verlag: Routledge, 2006

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Whether or not to embrace GM technologies is a fundamental and politically charged question facing humanity in the 21st century, particularly in light of rapidly growing populations and the unknown future impacts of climate change.

The Gene Revolution is the first book to bridge the gap between thenaysayers andcheerleaders and look at the issues and complexities facing developing and transitional countries over decisions about GM in light of the reality of what is happening on the ground. The first part of the volume looks at the rise of GM crops, commercialization and spread of the technology and the different positions of the USA and the European Union on the GM question
and the effect of global markets. The second part consists of country perspectives from Argentina, Brazil, China, India and South Africa, which provide insight into the profound challenges these countries face and the hard choices that have to be made. The final part takes the analysis a step further by comparing developing and transitional country experiences, and charts a future course for government policy on GM that supports growth, sustainability and
equity for the many billions of people affected worldwide.

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Sakiko Fukuda-Parr is a Visiting Professor at the Graduate Program in International Affairs, The New School, in New York City. She was Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and from 1995-2004 she was Director and chief author of UNDP‘s Human Development Reports including the 2001 Report: Making New Technologies Work for Human Development.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1844074102
• ISBN 13: 9781844074105
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 280
• Herausgeber: Fukuda-Parr Sakiko
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