Genetically Modified Democracy: Transgenic Crops in Contemporary India

by Aniket Aga

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300245904
• ISBN13: 9780300245905
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.6"