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Genetically Modified Pest-Protected Plants: Science and Regulation. By National Research Council 2000

Genetically Modified Pest-Protected Plants: Science and Regulation. By National Research Council... Agriculture and Human Values 20: 327–330, 2003. Book review Genetically Modified Pest-Protected Plants: adopted Bt crops rapidly and by 1999 Bt crops were Science and Regulation. By National Research planted on 70 million acres in the US and 98.6 mil- Council 2000. Washington DC: National Academy lion acres worldwide. Over 40 transgenic crop varieties Press, 263 pp. have been cleared by the federal government. Of these, 17 contain transgenes for pest protection and 14 of JEFFERY W. BENTLEY those have Bt. Agricultural Anthropologist, Cochabamba, Bolivia Jeff Bentley is an agricultural anthropologist. Bias He has lived in Bolivia since 1994, and does freelance consulting, much of it related to farmers’ perceptions The authors try to reassure the reader that GM crops of pests, crop disease, and their management. He are not fundamentally different from non-modified is especially interested in inventions by farmers. He ones. At first, the idea seemed obvious, but after con- worked with campesino farmers and alternative pest stant repetition the reader begins to feel that they are management for 7 years at Zamorano, a vocational protesting too much. The book sidesteps the issue of agricultural school in Honduras. He has done field plants modified for herbicide resistance, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Agriculture and Human Values Springer Journals

Genetically Modified Pest-Protected Plants: Science and Regulation. By National Research Council 2000

Bentley, Jeffery
Agriculture and Human Values , Volume 20 (3) – Oct 6, 2004
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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2003 by Kluwer Academic Publishers
Subject
Philosophy; Ethics; Agricultural Economics; Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science; History, general; Evolutionary Biology
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0889-048X
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1572-8366
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10.1023/A:1026106325961
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Agriculture and Human Values 20: 327–330, 2003. Book review Genetically Modified Pest-Protected Plants: adopted Bt crops rapidly and by 1999 Bt crops were Science and Regulation. By National Research planted on 70 million acres in the US and 98.6 mil- Council 2000. Washington DC: National Academy lion acres worldwide. Over 40 transgenic crop varieties Press, 263 pp. have been cleared by the federal government. Of these, 17 contain transgenes for pest protection and 14 of JEFFERY W. BENTLEY those have Bt. Agricultural Anthropologist, Cochabamba, Bolivia Jeff Bentley is an agricultural anthropologist. Bias He has lived in Bolivia since 1994, and does freelance consulting, much of it related to farmers’ perceptions The authors try to reassure the reader that GM crops of pests, crop disease, and their management. He are not fundamentally different from non-modified is especially interested in inventions by farmers. He ones. At first, the idea seemed obvious, but after con- worked with campesino farmers and alternative pest stant repetition the reader begins to feel that they are management for 7 years at Zamorano, a vocational protesting too much. The book sidesteps the issue of agricultural school in Honduras. He has done field plants modified for herbicide resistance,

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Published: Oct 6, 2004

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