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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
Biotechnology crop production area increased from 1.7 million hectares to 148 million hectares worldwide between 1996 to 2010. While genetically modified food is a contentious issue, the debates are usually limited to health and environmental concerns, ignoring the broader questions of social control that arise when food production methods become corporate-owned intellectual property. Drawing on legal documents and dozens of interviews with farmers and other stakeholders, Corporate Crops covers four case studies based around litigation between biotechnology corporations and farmers. Pechlaner investigates the extent to which the proprietary aspects of biotechnologies—from patents on seeds to a plethora of new rules and contractual obligations associated with the technologies—are reorganizing crop production. The lawsuits include patent infringement litigation launched by Monsanto against a Saskatchewan canola farmer who, in turn, claimed his crops had been involuntarily contaminated by the company’s GM technology; a class action application by two Saskatchewan organic canola farmers launched against Monsanto and Aventis (later Bayer) for the loss of their organic market due to contamination with GMOs; and two cases in Mississippi in which Monsanto sued farmers for saving seeds containing its patented GM technology. Pechlaner argues that well-funded corporate lawyers have a decided advantage over independent farmers in the courts and in creating new forms of power and control in agricultural production. Corporate Crops demonstrates the effects of this intersection between the courts and the fields where profits, not just a food supply, are reaped.
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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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The New Fish
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Publisher's Note -- Contents -- Prologue -- 1 The New Fish Comes into Being -- 2 The Pioneers Build an Industry -- 3 The Salmon Louse Finds Its Niche -- 4 Recounting Summers by the River -- 5 The New Fish Finds Its Color -- 6 The New Fish Escapes -- 7 The New Fish Is Attacked by Lice -- 8 The New Fish Raises Warnings -- 9 The New Fish Gets Sick -- 10 A Salmon Researcher Is Silenced -- 11 Big Plans for the New Fish -- 12 Fixing the New Fish -- 13 A Tangent Leads to a Monster -- 14 A Sad Story About a Mysterious Substance -- 15 Might the New Fish Be Healthy After All? -- 16 The Little Shrimp and a Fatal Poisoning -- 17 A Chief Takes a Stand -- 18 We Get to the Heart of the Matter -- 19 A Mysterious Disappearance -- 20 The Story of a Tragic Hero -- 21 Saving the World with the New Fish -- 22 We Go to a Conference About . . . Lice -- 23 We Are Fascinated by a Wealthy Young Man -- 24 Encountering a Dreamer -- 25 A Researcher Asks: How Healthy Is the Fish? -- 26 The New Fish Makes an Enemy -- 27 The New Fish Conquers a New Land -- 28 When You Write about Salmon -- 29 We Reflect on What We Have Learned -- 30 We Seek One Last Secret Paradise -- Epilogue -- Major Players -- About the Authors -- References -- Index.
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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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