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oapen-20.500.12657-252772021-11-10T07:58:02Z Food for Africa Thomson, Jennifer Life Sciences Cellular biology (cytology) Molecular biology Genetics (non-medical) GM Genetic engineering Jennifer Thomson GM crops Africa Drought resistance bic Book Industry Communication::B Biography & True Stories::BG Biography: general::BGT Biography: science, technology & medicine::BGTA Autobiography: science, technology & medicine Jennifer Thomson, one of the world’s leading scientific advisors on genetic engineering, traces through anecdote and science the development of a hotly contended area of research, from the dawn of genetic engineering in the USA in 1974, through the early stages of its uptake in South Africa to the current situation in which approximately 80% of maize in South Africa is genetically modified for drought resistance. Through her own story of how she came to choose GM as a career and her path-breaking involvement in the development of GM research, she describes the spread of this technology into other parts of Africa and her venture into unknown territory to develop crops resistant to drought, insects and viruses, a journey in which she came up against the multinational Monsanto. The book describes a remarkable personal and scientific evolution and looks to a future in which staple crops may be grown in difficult conditions by smallholder farmers and help Africans achieve food security. 2019-11-06 03:00:23 2020-04-01T10:32:55Z 2020-04-01T10:32:55Z 2013-05-15 book 1004818 OCN: 1100547598 9781775820482 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/25277 eng application/pdf n/a 1004818.pdf https://juta.co.za/products/?filter_fields_dropdown=field_title&title=Food+for+Africa&isbn=&authors__last_name=&year=&keyword= UCT Press 102948 244c00cc-5564-4792-89c6-11fed3a3ad6f b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781775820482 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Cape Town 102948 KU Select 2018: STEM Backlist Books Knowledge Unlatched open access
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Jennifer Thomson, one of the world’s leading scientific advisors on genetic engineering, traces through anecdote and science the development of a hotly contended area of research, from the dawn of genetic engineering in the USA in 1974, through the early stages of its uptake in South Africa to the current situation in which approximately 80% of maize in South Africa is genetically modified for drought resistance. Through her own story of how she came to choose GM as a career and her path-breaking involvement in the development of GM research, she describes the spread of this technology into other parts of Africa and her venture into unknown territory to develop crops resistant to drought, insects and viruses, a journey in which she came up against the multinational Monsanto. The book describes a remarkable personal and scientific evolution and looks to a future in which staple crops may be grown in difficult conditions by smallholder farmers and help Africans achieve food security.
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