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BCHB-562 Biotechnology in World Food Production

BCHB-562 Biotechnology in World Food Production
Spring only
Professor Chirikjian and Guest Faculty
Biotechnology is having a unique impact on world agriculture, simultaneously raising the promise of food abundance and the specter of "Frankenfoods". This course will provide an overview of the issues--from the grandiose promises of feeding the world and curing diseases to the doomsday rhetoric of poisoned children and environmental collapse. It will focus on the implications of the new science and on the interest groups that drive international battles over intellectual property rights, the production and use of genetically modified plants and animals, and equity issues between the biotechnology "have" and "have-not" nations.
Credits: 2
Prerequisites: None
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