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The mirage of genetic engineering

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2009

T.S. Cox
T.S. Cox
Affiliation:
The Land Institute, Salina, Kansas 67401 ([email protected]).
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Extract

The extensive adoption of transgenic plants now under way has provoked heated debate about its effects on human health, rural life and the environment. But too many critics are neglecting to zero in on transgenic technology's Achilles heel: its inherent inability to deliver on its promises. Longstanding theory and practice predict, and growing evidence confirms, that transgenes cannot dramatically accelerate plant breeding, let alone revolutionize agriculture, save the family farm or feed the world.

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Research Article
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American Journal of Alternative Agriculture , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , March 2002 , pp. 41 - 43
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2002

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