The debate concerning genetically modified crops illustrates confusion between the role of
scientists and that of wider society in regulatory decision making. We identify two …

Cultivation of genetically modified crops is presently based largely on four crops containing
few transgenes and grown in four countries. This will soon change and pose new …

The potential impact of policies promoting transport biofuels on the use of land due to the
indirect effects of feedstock cultivation has generated a controversy in the EU. Policy-makers …

Future climatic and agro-ecological changes in Africa are uncertain and associated with
high degrees of spatial and temporal variability and this change is differently simulated …

Climate change has significant implications for biodiversity and ecosystems. With slow
progress towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions, climate engineering (or …

A precisão e o poder de manipulação genética in vivo aumentaram consideravelmente
nestas últimas décadas com o avanço do conhecimento científico na área molecular. Uma …

The purpose of this paper was to propose a method that combines support vector machine
(SVM) and multi-population genetic algorithm (MPGA) for identifying Genetically modified …

Purpose The regulations for qualitative genetically modified (GM) food labeling do not
effectively eliminate the information asymmetries pertaining to the consumption of GM …

Genetically modified foods generally refer to crop plants created for human or animal
consumption using molecular biology techniques. This book covers various aspects of GM …

The present debate on how to increase global food production in a sustainable way has
focused on arguments over the pros and cons of genetically modified (GM) crops. Scientists …