Biotechnology and agriculture system /
Mandeep Kaur.
- New Delhi : New Delhi : Random Publications, 2013.
- 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Advances in agricultural biotechnology -- Biotechnology and agricultural sector in India -- The role of plant biotechnology in the world’s food systems -- Technological challenges in agricultural biotechnology -- Biotechnological development in agriculture -- Genetically engineering in plants and foods -- Plant tissue culture and biotechnology -- The future of biotechnology
“Biotechnology provides an opportunity to convert bioresources into economic wealth. This has to be done in a manner that there is no adverse impact either on the environment or on human and animal health. The bottom line of our national agricultural biotechnology policy should be the economic well being of farm families, food security of the nation, health security of the consumer, protection of the environment and the security of our national and international trade in farm commodities. Agricultural production is becoming more and more dependent on agro-chemicals, thereby increasing input costs and causing significant damage to the environment and human health. Both farmers and consumers are at the receiving end -- farmers by exposure to agrochemicals and consumers due to residues of agrochemicals in the consumed food. The chapters have been chosen to ensure that the reader gets a complete picture of the processes and techniques involved in agricultural biotechnology and the methods by which productivity and food availability can be increased.”--Back cover