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Regulating next generation agri-food biotechnologies : lessons from European, North American, and Asian experiences
By updating, extending and challenging earlier empirical and theoretical social science perspectives on agricultural bio-technological regulation, this volume helps to inform future policy formulation. It will be of interest to practitioners and students of biotechnology, agriculture, and science and technology policy.
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Corporate crops : biotechnology, agriculture, and the struggle for control
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Acronyms -- Introduction -- 1 Agricultural Biotechnologies on the Farm and around the World -- 2 The Coming of the Third Regime? Agricultural Biotechnology Regulation in Canada and the United States -- 3 Biotechnology on the Prairies: The Rise of Canola . . . -- 4 . . . And the Fall of Wheat -- 5 Legal Offense and Defense on the Canadian Prairies -- 6 From When Cotton Was King to King Monsanto -- 7 Starting a New Regime: Training the Locals -- 8 Conclusion -- Appendix: Log of Interviews -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
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Handbook on agriculture biotechnology and development
This title provides a diverse, but concentrated, global perspective on biotechnology applications to plant agriculture. Readers gain rich insights into specific aspects of agbiotech, anchored in an overarching governance framework that determines trade and regulation of agbiotech processes.
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Agro-technology : a philosophical introduction
\"Humans have been modifying plants and animals for millennia. The dawn of molecular genetics, however, has kindled intense public scrutiny and controversy. Crops, and the food products which include them, have dominated molecular modification in agriculture. Organisations have made unsubstantiated claims and scare mongering is common. In this textbook Paul Thompson presents a clear account of the significant issues--identifying harms and benefits, analysing and managing risk--which lie beneath the cacophony of public controversy. His comprehensive analysis looks especially at genetically modified organisms, and includes an explanation of the scientific background, an analysis of ideological objections, a discussion of legal and ethical concerns, a suggested alternative--organic agriculture--and an examination of the controversy's impact on sub-Saharan African countries. His book will be of interest to students and other readers in philosophy, biology, biotechnology, and public policy\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Resistance Is Fertile
A critical look at the social, environmental, and economic impacts of agricultural biotechnology in Canada.
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Megatrends in food and agriculture : technology, water use and nutrition
\"Highlights and examines the growing convergence between the food and agricultural industries--the technological, environmental, and consumer-related drivers of this change, and the potential outcomes. This is the first book of its kind to connect food and the food industry with agriculture, water resources, and water management in a detailed and thorough way. It brings together a small community of expert authors to address the future of the food industry, agriculture (both for plants and animals), and water--and its role in a world of increasing demands on resources. The book begins by highlighting the role of agriculture in today's food industry from a historical perspective--showing how it has grown over the years. It goes on to examine water management; new ways of plant breeding not only based on genetic modification pathways; and the attention between major crops (soy, corn, wheat) and so-called \"orphan crops\" (coffee, cocoa, tropical fruits). The book then turns towards the future of the food industry and analyzes major food trends, the new food, and \"enough\" food; discusses possible new business models for the future food industry; and analyzes the impact that the \"internet of everything\" will have on agriculture and the food industry. Finally, Megatrends in Food and Agriculture: Technology, Water Use and Nutrition offers scenarios about how agriculture, food, and the food industry might undergo some radical transformations.\" --Back cover.
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Russian agricultural innovations prospects in the context of global challenges: Agriculture 4.0
For the last 10–15 years, Russia has become the key player in the world agricultural market. Increasing export volume up to $45 billion by 2025 is the ambitious plan of the Russian Government. Windows of opportunity that create fundamentally new prospects for increasing competitiveness are opened mainly during the period of changing technological patterns, such as the current transition of the world’s agriculture towards Agriculture 4.0 paradigm. This is crucial for further economic growth. Information for this article was prepared based on “desk research” methods and then all data and hypotheses obtained were tested by conducting detailed in-depth interviews with key industry decision makers. According to the results of research there has been a huge interest on the part of business to implement innovative solutions in agriculture. Yet significant institutional constraints, problems in the legislative and regulatory sectors, the absence of a system of transfer or commercialization of technology from research center to the final manufacturer are still present. At the same time, all the instruments of state support are currently configured only for conventional, as opposed to innovative agriculture.
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Intellectual property rights in agricultural biotechnology
During the past twenty-five years, biotechnology has revolutionized agricultural research. The enormous potential, together with a landmark decision by the US Supreme Court to allow the patenting of genetically-engineered organisms has encouraged private sector companies to invest in agricultural biotechnology research programmes. This has contributed to a rapid growth in interest in intellectual property rights as applied to this subject.The first edition of this book was published in 1998. Now fully revised and updated it presents definitive information on intellectual property law in a simplified form (with a minimum of legal jargon). New chapters have been added which cover plant variety protection and farmers rights, and additional case studies.
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