Genetically Modified Crops in Asia Pacific - Hardcover

Govind T Gujar

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1789248418 ISBN 13: 9781789248418

Publisher: CABI Publishing, 2021

Synopsis

Meeting future food needs without compromising environmental integrity is a central challenge for agriculture globally but especially for the Asia Pacific region - where 60% of the global population, including some of the world's poorest, live on only 30% of the land mass. To guarantee the food security of this and other regions, growers worldwide are rapidly adopting genetically modified (GM) crops as the forerunner to protect crops against many biotic and abiotic stresses, with 444 million acres produced globally in 2015. Asia Pacific countries play an important role in this, with India, China and Pakistan appearing in the top 10 countries with acreage of GM crops. Genetically Modified Crops in Asia Pacific discusses the progress of GM crop adoption across the Asia Pacific region over the past decade, including research, development, adoption and sustainability, as well as the development and cultivation of insect protective Bt brinjal, drought-tolerant sugarcane, biotech rice, late blight resistant potato and Golden Rice. Regulatory efforts of developed and developing Asia Pacific member nations to ensure the safety of GM crops to both humans and the environment are also outlined and discussed. The authors also probe into some aspects of gene editing and nanobiotechnology to provide context for criticisms of GM crops regarding its alleged ill effects on human health and the environment. Genetically Modified Crops in Asia Pacific provides a comprehensive reference not only for academics and researchers in crop systems but also policy makers in the Asia Pacific region. Beyond this region, readers will benefit from understanding how GM crops have been integrated into many different countries and, in particular, the effects of the take up of GM cropping systems by farmers with different socioeconomic backgrounds. G. T. Gujar has an MS and PhD in Entomology from the IARI and was a Marie Curie EU postdoctoral fellow in UK and Germany. He is currently associated with South Asia Biotechnology Centre, New Delhi. Y. Andi Trisyono is a Professor of Entomology in the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Gadjah Mada in Indonesia. He earned his MS and PhD in Entomology from Michigan State University and University of Missouri, respectively. Mao Chen has an MS and PhD in Entomology from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, and is currently working as head of market development field-testing at APAC Bayer Crop Science in Singapore.

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Govind T Gujar (Edited By) G T Gujar, of the South Asia Biotechnology Centre, New Delhi, retired as Head of Division of Entomology from ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, in 2015 after 37 years of academic service related to insect resistance management vis-a-vis Bt toxins, IPM and insect resistant transgenic crops. He has an MSc and PhD in Entomology from the IARI and a postdoctoral experience as Marie Curie EU Postdoctoral fellow in the UK and Germany. Andi Trisyono (Edited By) Y Andi Trisyono is a Professor of Entomology in the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Gadjah Mada in Indonesia, where he teaches insecticide toxicology, insect physiology, transgenic crops and integrated pest management. He earned an MS and PhD in Entomology from Michigan State University and University of Missouri, respectively. Mao Chen (Edited By) Mao Chen is currently Head, Market Development field testing, APAC Bayer Crop Science (Singapore), and has MS and PhD in Entomology from Zhejiang University, and postdoctoral experience at Cornell University and Agril Station at Geneva. Mao worked on insecticide and crop evaluation, and resistance management at the Monsanto Research Center, St Louis (USA) and then as Lead, Biotech regulatory affairs for Bayer Crop Science (earlier Monsanto) for the Asia Pacific in Singapore until 2019.

Edition details

• Publisher: CABI Publishing
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1789248418
• ISBN 13: 9781789248418
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 344
• Editor: Govind T Gujar, Andi Trisyono, Mao Chen