Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Taylor, Iain E. P.

Description

1. xxxii, 393 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Series statement

1. Crop science

Uniform title

1. Crop science.

Subject

1. Transgenic plants > Risk assessment
2. Genetically modified foods
3. Plant biotechnology > Risk assessment
4. Plant biotechnology > Research > Law and legislation
5. Agricultural biotechnology > Law and legislation
6. Plant genetic engineering

Contents

1. The birth of synthetic biology and the genetic mode of production -- Controversy around terminology and novelty: engineered, modified biotechnology, and transgenics -- Transgenic crops, agrobiodiversity, and agroecosystem function -- Ecological risk assessment of GE crops: getting the science fundamentals right -- Coping with uncertainty: the human health implications of GE foods -- Future research tackling the technology divide: a research agenda for crop biotechnology -- Next challenges for crop GE: maturing of governanace and moves beyond food issues -- A precautionary framework for biotechnology -- The precautionary principle and biotechnology: guiding a public interest research agenda -- Trade, science, and Canada's regulatory framework for determining the environmental safety of GE crops -- Principles driving U.S. governance of agbiotech -- Biotechnology policy in the European Union -- Regulatory regimes for GE crops in Africa -- GEO research and agribusiness in Brazil: impact of the regulatory framework -- Toward a liability and compensation regime under the biosafety protocol -- Public spheres pushing for change: public participation in the governance of GE crops -- Risky delusions: misunderstanding science and misperforming publics in the GE crops issue.

Call number

1. JBD 08-336

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title

1. Genetically engineered crops : interim policies, uncertain legislation / Iain E.P. Taylor, editor.

Imprint

1. New York : Haworth Food & Agricultural Products Press, c2007.

Series

1. Crop science
2. Crop science.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Connect to:

1. Table of contents only

Added author

1. Taylor, Iain E. P.

LCCN

1. 2006022968

ISBN

1. 1560229888 (case 10 : alk. paper)
2. 9781560229889 (case 10 : alk. paper)
3. 1560229896 (soft 10 : alk. paper)
4. 9781560229896 (soft 10 : alk. paper)

Research call number

1. JBD 08-336