Journal or Publishing Institution: Development in Practice
Study: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09614524.2011.562876
Author(s): Stone, G.D. and Glover, D.
Article Type: Journal Publication
Record ID: 2218
Abstract: A surge of media reports and rhetorical claims depicted genetically modified (GM) crops as a solution to the ‘global food crisis’ manifested in the sudden spike in world food prices during 2007–08. Broad claims were made about the potential of GM technologies to tackle the crisis, even though the useful crops and traits typically invoked had yet to be developed, and despite the fact that real progress had in fact been made by using conventional breeding. The case vividly illustrates the instrumental use of food-crisis rhetoric to promote GM crops.
Keywords: Breeding, Crops, Food Prices, Transgenic Plants, Genetically Modified Foods, Famine, Corn, Rice, plants, biotechnology, crises, economic impact, genetically engineered organisms, genetically engineered plants, genetically modified organisms, genetically modified plants, GEOs, GMOs, transgenic organisms
Citation: Stone, G.D. and Glover, D., 2011. Genetically modified crops and the ‘food crisis’: discourse and material impacts. Development in Practice, 21(4-5), pp.509-516.
