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Uncertain peril : genetic engineering and the future of seeds / Claire Hope Cummings.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press, c2008.Description: xix, 232 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780807085806 (alk. paper)
  • 0807085804 (alk. paper)
  • 9780807085813 (pbk. : alk paper)
  • 0807085812 (pbk. : alk paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • S 494.5 C971u 2008
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Contents:
The 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.
Summary: Examines 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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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Agricultura Anillo 2do. Piso S 494.5 C971u 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000094833

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-217) and index.

Examines 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.

The 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.

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