Product Description

Consumers have taken the lead in rejecting the biotech industry's determination to foist GMOs on an unsuspecting, and unconsulted, public. This book gives a voice for the first time to farmers. They are the people being pressured by half a dozen giant corporaitons to grow these genetically engineered crops. What are the possible downsides for them, particularly for those hundreds of millions of farmers living in the developing countries? On their environment? On their health? On their independence? On their tenuous hold in the marketplace? This book comes out of a dialogue between farmers' representatives and scientists and others knowledgeable about the issue. The result is explanations of what is happening, what is at stake, and clear statement of principles and urgently needed measures which should guide governments and communities in bringing this profit-motivated deployment of scientific power under democratic control. Franck Seuret is a journalist specialising in rural development, economics and biotechnology. Robert Ali Brac de la Perriere is an international consultant in the organization, training and management of plant genetic resource programmes.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #954781 in Books
• Published on: 2000-10-01
• Original language: French
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Review
"This book...is very timely in informing the key actors. The authors are particularly to be congratulated for putting farmers first in this debate and providing a clear explanation of the several terms and phrases being used by media policy makers and scientists." --Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher, spokesperson for the "Like Minded Group" in the negotiations of the Cartagena Protocol on Safety in Biotechnology
"[This book] embraces the central contributions of southern farmers to the integrity of our food and the diversity of world agriculture." --Brian Tokar, editor of "Redesigning Life?: The Worldwide Challenge to Genetic Engineering"