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Browsing NABC Report 16: Agricultural Biotechnology: Finding Common International Goals by Subject "GMO"
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Africa’s new focus in establishing food security
(NABC, 2004)Biotechnology offers significant potential for enhancing nutritional quality of foods and for improving agronomic characteristics to increase food availability. Coupled with adequate public-health guidance on scientifically ... -
Agricultural biotechnology and quality of life: What counts as quality?
(NABC, 2004)Achieving food security is a necessary condition of quality of life, and improvements in this may at the same time constitute an improvement in quality of life, but they are not sufficient. Quality of life, which is ... -
Agricultural Biotechnology: Finding Common International Goals
(NABC, 2004)Agriculture has had a long history of innovation and adaptation as new ideas, practices, and technologies emerged. Agricultural biotechnology has emerged as a new engine of change in farming. Through directed genetic ... -
Agricultural biotechnology: How big is it globally?
(NABC, 2004)Although the adoption of GM crops has been very rapid in countries that have approved them, there has been resistance in many other countries, particularly in Japan and the European Community. The complexity of the social ... -
Agriculture’s future: “Reading the tea leaves”
(NABC, 2004)Agriculture is a fundamental pillar for a healthy Canada. It influences human health and health care as it does environmental health. It is of benefit for all to take an active part in shaping the future of agriculture so ... -
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Diminishing the ecological footprint
(NABC, 2004)Introductory remarks for Module II—Diminishing the ecological footprint -
Disaggregating biotechnology and poverty: Finding common international goals
(NABC, 2004)Concluding remarks and conference summary. -
Ensuring safe and health food
(NABC, 2004)Introductory remarks for Module IV: Ensuring safe and health food -
Ever-green revolution and sustainable food security
(NABC, 2004)Science and technology have always been key elements in the growth and development of societies. Today, the scientific revolution is taking place at a faster pace than our social evolution. As a result, demographic, digital, ... -
Frankenfoods: What to do when the devil has all the good songs
(NABC, 2004)There is concern about disintegrating social connection in Canada as in the US. Political observers are bemoaning the hollowing out of constituency organizations, once the backbone of political parties. But opposition to ... -
How might NGOs handle genetically modified seeds for small farmers in Africa?
(NABC, 2004)NGOs need strong partnerships to effectively deliver biotechnology to farmers in developing countries. They need access to technical expertise from the national programs, and the private sector on biosafety concerns, ... -
How much is the quality of life being regulated?
(NABC, 2004)The purpose of this paper is to review GM crops under development and their regulation, potential benefits and cost of lost opportunities, and the social implications of biosafety. -
Improving quality of life
(NABC, 2004)Introductory remarks for Module III: Improving quality of Life -
In search of the right solutions for Africa’s development
(NABC, 2004)Examination of the problems and possible solutions for Africa, with focus on sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), a region where multiple natural and man-made disasters generate horrifying conditions. This paper attempts first to ... -
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Q & A: Diminishing the ecological footprint
(NABC, 2004)Panel discusision on Module II: Diminishing the ecological footprint. -
Q & A: Ensuring safe and healthy food
(NABC, 2004)Panel discussion on ensuring safe and healthy food -
Q & A: Improving quality of life
(NABC, 2004)Panel discusision on Module III: Improving quality of Life
