| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 163 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-157). |
| Contents |
Introduction: The Approach Taken -- 1. What Drives Agricultural Research? Research Process and Policy -- How Does it all Work? Importance of Funding in Research. Who Are the Funding Agencies, How Do They Work and What is Their Remit? Who is Intended to Benefit from the Research? Peer-review Process and Research Funding. Funding Agency Panels and Boards and Who Influences Them. Importance of Accountability and Value for Money. Move to Short-termism -- 2. From Jethro Tull to Grain Mountains: The Origins and Development of Agricultural Research Systems. A Time-frame of Agricultural Developments since 1700. Problems with Production. Agricultural Revolution: A Thirst for Knowledge and its Application. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
Research is never free of pressures and constraints and to understand its results properly these have to be assessed and analyzed. In agriculture research into biotechnology and GMOs as well as pesticides and herbicides is big business - agribusiness. This book looks at the crucial roles of funding and the political context on the research agenda and its results in agricultural development. It provides a critical evaluation of the participatory methods now widely used and explores the ways in which research into biotechnology have reflected the interests of the various parties involved. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Agriculture -- Research.
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Agriculture -- Research. |
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Agriculture -- Research -- Great Britain.
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Great Britain. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Buhler, William, 1964-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Science, agriculture, and research. London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan Publications, 2002 (DLC) 2002000767 (OCoLC)48851335 |
| ISBN |
9781849772488 (electronic book) |
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1849772487 (electronic book) |
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9781136557705 (electronic book) |
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1136557709 (electronic book) |
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1280476354 |
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9781280476358 |
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1853836966 (hardback) |
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9781853836961 (hardback) |
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1853836915 (paperback) |
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9781853836916 (paperback) |
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