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_aCummings, Claire Hope, _d1943- |
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_aUncertain peril _h[electronic resource] : _bgenetic engineering and the future of seeds / _cClaire Hope Cummings. |
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_aBoston, Mass. : _bBeacon Press, _cc2008. |
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_axix, 232 p. ; _c23 cm. |
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504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 209-217) and index. | ||
505 | 0 | _aThe rise of the techno-elites -- Trade secrets -- Trespass -- Political science -- The ownership society -- The turning points -- Who owns rice? -- The botany of scarcity -- The botany of abundance -- A green wealth -- Ripe for change -- A conversation with corn -- The down-turned hand -- A cabinet of seeds displayed -- Epilogue: the seeded earth. | |
520 | _aExamines the rise of industrial agriculture and plant biotechnology, the fall of public interest science, and the folly of patenting seeds. The author suggests how green technologies and new approaches to food and farming methods will provide a way out of this growing predicament. | ||
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_aElectronic reproduction. _bPalo Alto, Calif. : _cebrary, _d2009. _nAvailable via World Wide Web. _nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. |
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_aAgricultural biotechnology _xPolitical aspects. |
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_aTransgenic plants _xEconomic aspects. |
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_aTransgenic plants _xRisk assessment. |
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_aConsumer protection _xCitizen participation. |
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_aSeeds _xBiotechnology. |
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