GM Agriculture and Food Security: Fears and Facts

by Stuart Smyth, William A Kerr, Peter W.B. Phillips, et al.

Book Overview

Efforts to improve food security in the developing world have been hampered due to myths surrounding GM agriculture. This book explores the theory, evidence and rhetoric of the impact of food production on the environment, and the impact of the environment on food production. The chapters address: food security and technology; expertise and opportunism; the promise of technology; the politicization of risk; industrial agriculture; the meaning of 'natural';...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1786392240
• ISBN13: 9781786392244
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Cabi
• Length: 184 Pages