Brave New Seeds : The Threat of GM Crops to Farmers/ (Acc: 1956)
Brac de la Perrière, Robert Ali.
Brave New Seeds : The Threat of GM Crops to Farmers/ (Acc: 1956) the threat of GM crops to farmers / Robert Ali Brac de la Perrière and Franck Seuret ; translated by Manisha Sovani and Vijaya Rao. - New York : Zed Books, 2000. - xii, 147 p. ; 20 cm. - Global issues series. .
"Farmers around the world are being pressured by half a dozen giant corporations to grow genetically engineered crops. What are the possible downsides for them, particularly for those hundreds of millions of farmers living in developing countries? On their environment? On their health? On their independence? On their traditional export crops? On their access to the marketplaces of their own countries?" "This book comes out of a dialogue between farmers' representatives and experts. The result is a clear statement of principles and urgently needed measures which should guide governments and communities in bringing this profit-motivated deployment of scientific power under democratic control."--BOOK JACKET.
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Transgenic plants.
Plant genetic engineering
Crops
631.5233 PER
Brave New Seeds : The Threat of GM Crops to Farmers/ (Acc: 1956) the threat of GM crops to farmers / Robert Ali Brac de la Perrière and Franck Seuret ; translated by Manisha Sovani and Vijaya Rao. - New York : Zed Books, 2000. - xii, 147 p. ; 20 cm. - Global issues series. .
"Farmers around the world are being pressured by half a dozen giant corporations to grow genetically engineered crops. What are the possible downsides for them, particularly for those hundreds of millions of farmers living in developing countries? On their environment? On their health? On their independence? On their traditional export crops? On their access to the marketplaces of their own countries?" "This book comes out of a dialogue between farmers' representatives and experts. The result is a clear statement of principles and urgently needed measures which should guide governments and communities in bringing this profit-motivated deployment of scientific power under democratic control."--BOOK JACKET.
1856498999 1856499006 186403193X 1552660389 0864863667
Transgenic plants.
Plant genetic engineering
Crops
631.5233 PER