Global challenges and directions for agricultural biotechnology
Subtitle: workshop report
By: Steering Committee on Global Challenges and Directions for Agricultural Biotechnology: Mapping the Course, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Board on Life Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies
Contributors: National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources; National Research Council (U.S.). Steering Committee on Global Challenges and Directions for Agricultural Biotechnology: Mapping the Course; ebrary, Inc
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 61
ISBN-13: 9780309120777
Subjects: Congresses; Biotechnology; Agricultural biotechnology; Agriculture; Research
Description: Many developing countries are exploring whether biotechnology has a role in addressing national issues such as food security and environmental remediation, and are considering whether the putative benefits of the technology for example, enabling greater agricultural productivity and stability in the food supply outweigh concerns that the technology might pose a danger to biodiversity, health, and local jobs ...
Notes: Title from title screen (viewed on July 14, 2008).

Includes bibliographical references.

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