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Genetically Modified Democracy
How the debate over genetically modified crops in India is
transforming science and politics Genetically modified or
transgenic crops are controversial across the world. Advocates see
such crops as crucial to feeding the world's growing population;
critics oppose them for pushing farmers deeper into ecological and
economic distress, and for shoring up the power of agribusinesses.
India leads the world in terms of the intensity of democratic
engagement with transgenic crops. Anthropologist Aniket Aga
excavates the genealogy of conflicts of interest and disputes over
truth that animate the ongoing debate in India around the
commercial release of transgenic food crops. The debate may well
transform agriculture and food irreversibly in a country already
witness to widespread agrarian distress, and over 300,000 suicides
by farmers in the last two decades. Aga illustrates how state,
science, and agrarian capitalism interact in novel ways to
transform how democracy is lived and understood, and sheds light on
the dynamics of technological change in populous, unequal polities.
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Genetically modified food
Presents a wide range of viewpoints concerning the potential benefits and consequences, both to human health and the environment, of developing and consuming genetically modified plants and animals.
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Seeds of Occupation, Seeds of Possibility
How Hawaiʻi became the epicenter of the biotech seed industry, and how a resistance movement arose to confront the industry's power.Hawaiʻi is a primary site for development of herbicide-resistant corn seed and, until recently, was host to more experimental field trials of genetically engineered crops than anywhere else in the world.
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GM Crops and the Global Divide
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, 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.
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Transgenic Herbicide Resistance in Plants
This book provides a comprehensive and in-depth discussion on the development of herbicide resistance during the past 50 years, emphasizing the biochemical pathways of herbicide resistance in weeds. It discusses the principles of plant genetics, different methods of genetic engineering, makingof transgenic plants, various transgenic crops conferred
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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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Good Enough to Eat?
So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being.
So begins Good Enough to Eat?, which challenges Kafka's culinary sentiments and proceeds to unravel our complex and deeply personal relationship with food.
Including interviews from both sides of the (farmyard) fence; from biologists to farmers and nutritionists to activists, Good Enough to Eat? charts the history of GM foods from the laboratory to the global dinner plate. Equally informative and entertaining, Godwin chronicles the social, political and philosophical arguments for and against GM crops, and the science and knowledge behind the battle for global food security and sustainability.
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Multi-chromatic and multi-component lateral flow immunoassay for simultaneous detection of CP4 EPSPS, Bt-Cry1Ab, Bt-Cry1Ac, and PAT/bar proteins in genetically modified crops
A multi-chromatic and multi-component lateral flow immunoassay (MCMC-LFIA) was developed for simultaneous detection of CP4 EPSPS, Bt-Cry1Ab, Bt-Cry1Ac, and PAT/
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proteins in genetically modified (GM) crops. Captured antibodies specific to these exogenous proteins were separately immobilized on a nitrocellulose membrane as test zones. Multi-colored microspheres, used as visible multi-probes, were conjugated with corresponding antibodies and sprayed on the conjugate pad. The assay results can be visually interpreted within 10 min by observing the appearance of colored bands. The MCMC-LFIA demonstrated high sensitivity, with detection of limits of 7.8 ng/mL for CP4 EPSPS and 2.5 ng/mL for Bt-Cry1Ab, Bt-Cry1Ac, and PAT/
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proteins, significantly improving the performance of previously reported LFIAs. The MCMC-LFIA exhibited excellent specificity and was validated for practical use in field-based applications. The proposed MCMC-LFIA offers a rapid, sensitive, and user-friendly tool for the on-site large-scale screening of GM materials.
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The patenting of life, limiting liberty, and the corporate pursuit of seeds
This book examines the impact of genetically modified seeds on traditional societies and the corporate monopolization of the world's food supply. The time-honored practice of reclaiming and replanting the seed has become a crime, thereby fostering a feudalistic relationship of perpetual dependence on the corporation.
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