Food for Africa : The life and work of a scientist in GM crops (Record no. 58242)
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| control field | https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/38661 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781775820482 |
| 041 0# - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | English |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE | |
| Authentication code | dc |
| 072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE | |
| Subject category code | BGTA |
| Source | bicssc |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Thomson, Jennifer |
| Relationship | auth |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Food for Africa : The life and work of a scientist in GM crops |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Cape Town |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | UCT Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 20130515 |
| 506 0# - RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS NOTE | |
| Terms governing access | Open Access |
| Source of term | star |
| Standardized terminology for access restriction | Unrestricted online access |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | 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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| Terms governing use and reproduction | Creative Commons |
| Use and reproduction rights | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode |
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| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | English |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Autobiography: science, technology & medicine |
| Source of heading or term | bicssc |
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| Uncontrolled term | Life Sciences |
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| Uncontrolled term | Cellular biology (cytology) |
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| Uncontrolled term | Molecular biology |
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| Uncontrolled term | Genetics (non-medical) |
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| Uncontrolled term | GM |
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| Uncontrolled term | Genetic engineering |
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| Uncontrolled term | Jennifer Thomson |
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| Uncontrolled term | GM crops |
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| Uncontrolled term | Africa |
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| Uncontrolled term | Drought resistance |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Host name | www.oapen.org |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25277/1/1004818.pdf">https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25277/1/1004818.pdf</a> |
| Access status | 0 |
| Public note | DOAB: download the publication |
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| Host name | www.oapen.org |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25277/1/1004818.pdf">https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25277/1/1004818.pdf</a> |
| Access status | 0 |
| Public note | DOAB: download the publication |
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| Host name | www.oapen.org |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25277/1/1004818.pdf">https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25277/1/1004818.pdf</a> |
| Access status | 0 |
| Public note | DOAB: download the publication |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Host name | www.oapen.org |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/38661">https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/38661</a> |
| Access status | 0 |
| Public note | DOAB: description of the publication |
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