This book deals with the technologies that make the commodification of the genetic ("fourth") resource possible and it discusses how these technologies affect a

Transgenic crops offer the promise of increased agricultural productivity and better quality foods. But they also raise the specter of harmful environmental eff

Many developing countries are exploring whether biotechnology has a role in addressing national issues such as food security and environmental remediation, and

When scientists working in the agricultural biotechnology industry first altered the genetic material of one organism by introducing genes from an entirely diff