GM Crops and the Global Divide

Jennifer Thomson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

2021
CSIRO Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4863-1265-8 (ISBN)

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Attitudes to GM crops continue to generate tension, even though they have been grown commercially for over 20 years. Negative sentiment towards their development limits their adoption in Western countries, despite there being no evidence of harm to human health. These unfounded concerns about genetically modified crops have also inhibited uptake in many countries throughout Africa and Asia, having a major impact on agricultural productivity and preventing the widespread cultivation of potentially life-saving crops.

GM Crops and the Global Divide traces the historical importance that European attitudes to past colonial influences, aid, trade and educational involvement have had on African leaders and their people. The detrimental impact that these attitudes have on agricultural productivity and food security continues to be of growing importance, especially in light of climate change, drought and the potential rise in sea levels the effects of which could be mitigated by the cultivation of GM and gene-edited crops.

Following on from her previous books Genes for Africa, Seeds for the Future and Food for Africa, Jennifer Thomson unravels the reasons behind these negative attitudes towards GM crop production. By addressing the detrimental effects that anti-GM opinions have on nutrition security in developing countries and providing a clear account of the science to counter these attitudes, she hopes to highlight and ultimately bridge this global divide.

Jennifer Thomson is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Cape Town. She was the 2004 recipient of the L’Oréal–UNESCO award for Women in Science for Africa, and in 2019 was awarded the International Prize for the Protection of Human Rights by the Accademia dei Lincei of Italy.

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

1. Genetically modified organisms make their entrance

2. GM crops arrive on the scene

3. The West’s stand on GM crops

4. GM crops made in Africa for Africa by Africans

5. Learning from economists

6. How to bust myths and the importance of communication

7. Countries that got it right and why

8. To label or not to label, that is the question

9. The West versus Africa

10. The West versus the Rest

11. Conclusions

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	20.1.2021
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	Melbourne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Diätassistenz / Ernährungsberatung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	1-4863-1265-9 / 1486312659
ISBN-13	978-1-4863-1265-8 / 9781486312658
Zustand	Neuware