Biotechnology for food and nutritional security
- Author(s): Vibha Dhawan
- Size: 140 mm x 220 mm
- Pages: 294
- Binding: Paperback
- Weight: 400 gms
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9788179930564
- Cover Price:
Rs.425.00 / US $30.00
- Special Price: Rs. 367.00 / US $27.00
Book Details
Post Johannesburg, as global focus intensifies on the imperative of addressing hunger as the most extreme and unacceptable manifestation of poverty, the issue of ?food security? has also embraced concerns over ?nutritional security?. However, with half of the world?s population not being able to manage two square meals a day ? and especially when the land area that we have for agriculture is never going to increase ? isn?t it a Utopian dream to think of achieving food security for all?
Scientists argue that the answer lies in promoting ?biotechnology? in food production: coupling the farmers? inherent and pragmatic knowledge of crop characteristics with the capability of scientists to engineer these products. On the other hand, the larger public concerns are that of food safety; human health; long-term impact on the environment; and, to a certain extent, ethics. Does biotechnology actually hold an answer? Or, is it too premature to rest our hope on biotechnology, especially when regulatory systems in developing countries are still in the stage of infancy? The book encapsulates the multi-layered debate, accommodating perspectives from all possible stakeholders: scientists; academics; policy-makers; regulators; media persons; politicians; and, more importantly, representatives of the farming community.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
INITIATIVES FOR ENSURING FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL
SECURITY
Biotechnology: fighting hunger and
poverty
R B Singh
The Agricultural Biotechnology Support
Project
Karim Maredia, Johan Brink, Andrea Johanson, Melba Lacey, and Sue Gibbons
USAIDs initiatives for developing
countries
Jossette Lewis
OVERCOMING NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY
Elimination of vitamin A deficiency:
an inter-sectoral approach
Indira Chakravarty
National nutrition policy and intervention
programmes
Shashi Prabha Gupta
Wide prevalence of vitamin D deficiency
in North India
N Kochupillai and C V Hari Narayan
Supplementation and food fortification:
publicprivate linkages
Ninad Chikhalikar
GENETIC ENGINEERING FOR NUTRITIONAL ENHANCEMENT
Nutritional improvement of potato
Asis Dutta
Challenges in safety assessment of
bioengineered foods in relation to human health
P K Seth
GOLDEN MUSTARD: INTERVENTION PLAN AND STRATEGIES
Development of
Keywords
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