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Science Agriculture and Research Susannah Bolton

Science Agriculture and Research By Susannah Bolton

Science Agriculture and Research by Susannah Bolton


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Summary

A critical evaluation of the vital nexus between funding, research and agricultural development. The book covers research into biotechnology and genetically modified organisms as well as conventional technologies, and assesses the participatory methods used and how parties' interests are reflected.

Science Agriculture and Research Summary

Science Agriculture and Research: A Compromised Participation by Susannah Bolton

Research is never free of pressures and constraints and to understand its results properly these have to be assessed and analyzed. In agriculture, research into biotechnology and GMOs, as well as pesticides and herbicides, is big business - agribusiness. This book looks at the crucial roles of funding and the political context on the research agenda and its results in agricultural development. It provides a critical evaluation of the participatory methods now widely used and explores the ways in which research into biotechnology have reflected the interests of the various parties involved.

Science Agriculture and Research Reviews

'An excellent book.'
Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

'the book is aimed at a wide audience, and should appeal to people and organizations with an interest in food, agriculture, rural development, and research, and the philosophical and ethical questions that surround these important themes.'
Biological Agriculture & Horticulture

About Susannah Bolton

William Buhler is an independent agricultural researcher.
Stephan Morse is a reader in development studies at the University of Reading.
Eddie Arthur is a senior agricultural researcher based at the John Innes Centre, Norwich.
Susannah Bolton is Head of International and Public Liaison at the Institute of Arable Crops research (IACR), Rothamsted.
Judy Mann is Development and Liaison Manager for Rothamsted International at IACR.

Table of Contents

Introduction * What Drives Agricultural Research? * From Jethro Tull to Grain Mountains: The Origins and Development of Agricultural Research Systems * Agriculture and the Empire: Transferring Technocracies * Modern Times: Agribusiness and Biotechnology * The Rise (and Further Rise?) of Participation * A Compromised Participation? * References * Index

Additional information

GOR006778265
9781853836916
1853836915
Science Agriculture and Research: A Compromised Participation by Susannah Bolton
Used - Good
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
20020401
176
N/A
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