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03166aam a2200505 i 4500 001 E738AB1C471C11EA8C4E586797128E48 003 SILO 005 20200204010450 008 190603s2019 enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019021317 020 $a 1786392240 020 $a 9781786392244 020 $a 1786392216 020 $a 9781786392213 035 $a (OCoLC)1084673820 040 $a NLM $b eng $e rda $c NLM $d OCLCO $d DLC $d BDX $d NLM $d OCLCO $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d YUS $d OCLCA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a HD9005 $b .S69 2019 060 00 $a WA 695 082 00 $a 338.1/9 $2 23 100 1 $a Smyth, Stuart $e author. 245 10 $a GM agriculture and food security : $b fears and facts / $c Stuart J. Smyth, William A. Kerr and Peter W.B. Phillips. 264 1 $a Oxfordshire, UK ; $b CABI, $c [2019] 300 $a ix, 170 pages ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 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? 520 $a "Myths about biotechnology have prevented it from helping improve food security in the developing world. This book explores the myths and the reality under the following headings: The Sustainability Challenge: Is science leading to a chemical Armageddon? Plant Vitality: Will 'superweeds' strangle our future? Genetic Diversity: Will science drive monoculture and destroy the common heritage of mankind? Is it Safe? The politicization of risk and impacts on food safety, Industrial Agriculture and Corporate Profits: Who is the real winner? The Local Food Movement, Expertise and Opportunism: Who should we listen to? The Nature of Natural: Whose preferences should dominate? And Food Labelling: What does it really mean?"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Food security. 650 0 $a Transgenic plants. 650 0 $a Agriculture $x Economic aspects. 650 12 $a Food Supply. 650 12 $a Food Technology. 650 22 $a Food, Genetically Modified. 650 22 $a Food Safety. 650 22 $a Food Labeling. 650 7 $a Agriculture $x Economic aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00801415 650 7 $a Food security. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01748879 650 7 $a Transgenic plants. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01154677 700 1 $a Kerr, William A. $q (William Alexander), $e author. 700 1 $a Phillips, Peter W. B., $e author. 710 2 $a C.A.B. International, $e publisher. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200303023523.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E738AB1C471C11EA8C4E586797128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search