Agro-Technology: A Philosophical Introduction
Cambridge University Press (2011)
| Abstract | Machine 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. | |||||||||
| Keywords | SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects | |||||||||
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| Call number | S494.5.B563.T46 2011 | |||||||||
| ISBN(s) | 0521133750 9780521117975 9780521133753 0521117976 | |||||||||
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