000438139 000__ 04570cam\a2200481\a\4500 000438139 001__ 438139 000438139 005__ 20210513152820.0 000438139 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000438139 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000438139 008__ 120529s2011\\\\enka\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000438139 010__ $$z 2011017974 000438139 019__ $$a759036704 000438139 020__ $$a9781139114745 (electronic bk.) 000438139 020__ $$z9780521117975 000438139 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn770115535 000438139 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10502704 000438139 035__ $$a(MiAaPQ)EBC775143 000438139 035__ $$a438139 000438139 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$cCaPaEBR 000438139 05014 $$aS494.5.B563$$bT46 2011eb 000438139 08204 $$a630$$223 000438139 1001_ $$aThompson, R. Paul,$$d1947- 000438139 24510 $$aAgro-technology$$h[electronic resource] :$$ba philosophical introduction /$$cR. Paul Thompson. 000438139 260__ $$aCambridge ;$$aNew York :$$bCambridge University Press,$$c2011. 000438139 300__ $$a1 online resource (xxiii, 233 p.) :$$bill. 000438139 440_0 $$aCambridge introductions to philosophy and biology 000438139 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000438139 5058_ $$aMachine generated contents note: Introduction --1. Scientific background -- 2. Application of genetics in agriculture -- 3. Philosophical and conceptual background -- 4. The controversy : ideological and theological objections -- 5. The controversy : purported benefits -- 6. The controversy : purported harms -- 7. The organic alternative -- 8. Impact on low and middle income countries : poverty, farming, and colonial legacies -- Concluding remarks. 000438139 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000438139 520__ $$a"Humans have been modifying plants and animals for millennia. The dawn of molecular genetics, however, has kindled intense public scrutiny and controversy. Crops, and the food products which include them, have dominated molecular modification in agriculture. Organisations have made unsubstantiated claims and scare mongering is common. In this textbook Paul Thompson presents a clear account of the significant issues--identifying harms and benefits, analysing and managing risk--which lie beneath the cacophony of public controversy. His comprehensive analysis looks especially at genetically modified organisms, and includes an explanation of the scientific background, an analysis of ideological objections, a discussion of legal and ethical concerns, a suggested alternative--organic agriculture--and an examination of the controversy's impact on sub-Saharan African countries. His book will be of interest to students and other readers in philosophy, biology, biotechnology, and public policy"--$$cProvided by publisher. 000438139 520__ $$a"Although the current debate about agricultural biotechnology is often narrowly focused on molecular biotechnology (molecular genetic modification), the technological application of biology in agriculture predates the advent of molecular biology. For more than 10,000 years humans have been manipulating the traits of animals and plants (Mazoyer and Roundart, 2006; Thompson, 2009) by manipulating their genes and, thereby their genomes (the specific combination of genes in an organism's cells); the dog was likely the earliest animal to be domesticated (about 16,000 years ago). Early domestication of agricultural animals and plants was based entirely on crude experimentation (trial and error). Biological knowledge was elementary; humans learned early that offspring resemble parents, that selecting animals and plants with desirable traits and breeding them created a population of animals with those traits, and that occasionally a new trait seemed to appear"--$$cProvided by publisher. 000438139 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000438139 650_0 $$aAgricultural biotechnology$$xPhilosophy. 000438139 650_0 $$aGenetic engineering$$xPhilosophy. 000438139 650_0 $$aAgricultural biotechnology$$xMoral and ethical aspects. 000438139 650_0 $$aGenetic engineering$$xMoral and ethical aspects. 000438139 650_0 $$aAgricultural biotechnology$$xSocial aspects. 000438139 650_0 $$aGenetic engineering$$xSocial aspects. 000438139 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aThompson, R. Paul, 1947-$$tAgro-technology.$$dCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011$$z9780521117975$$z9780521133753$$w(DLC) 2011017974$$w(OCoLC)727511691 000438139 8520_ $$bacq 000438139 85280 $$bebk$$hProQuest Ebook Central 000438139 85280 $$bebk$$hProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete 000438139 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=775143$$zOnline Access 000438139 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=775143$$zOnline Access 000438139 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:438139$$pGLOBAL_SET 000438139 980__ $$aEBOOK$$aEBOOK 000438139 980__ $$aBIB 000438139 982__ $$aEbook 000438139 983__ $$aOnline