Policy Issues in Genetically Modified Crops

A Global Perspective

1st Edition - November 20, 2020
Imprint: Academic Press
Editors: Pardeep Singh, Anwesha Borthakur, Aditya Abha Singh, Ajay Kumar, Kshitij K. Singh
Language: English
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Policy Issues in Genetically Modified Crops: A Global Perspective contains both theoretical and empirical evidence of a broad range of aspects of GM crop policies throughout the world. Emphasizing world agriculture production and ethics of GM crops, the book balances insights into the various discussions around the use of GM crops including soil health, effects on animals, environmental sustainability impact, and ethical issues. The book presents aspects of GM crop policies and prevailing controversies throughout the world, in 5 sections containing 23 chapters. Beginning with the discussion of the policies related to GM crops, the book dives deep into issues related to food insecurity, agricultural sustainability, food safety, and environmental risks. Section 5 also captures the recent advances in agricultural biotechnology encompassing research trends, the nano-biotech approach to plant genetic engineering, and other transformation techniques in crop development. The contributors of the book represent different backgrounds, providing a holistic overview of diverse approaches and perspectives. Policy Issues in Genetically Modified Crops: A Global Perspective is a valuable resource for researchers in agricultural policy and economics, agricultural biotechnology, soil science, genetic engineering, ethics, environmental management, sustainable development, and NGOs.

Cover
Title page
Contents
Copyright
Contributors
Preface
Section 1: Genetically modified crops: policies and politics
Chapter 1: Genetically Modified Crops and Agricultural Innovation: An Analysis of Law and Policy
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Evolution and development of GM crops
3. Changes brought about by GM crops in agricultural framework
4. GM crops and scientific uncertainty
5. Risk perceptions about GM crops and realty check
6. GM crops and agricultural innovation
7. Policy paradigm of agricultural innovation
8. Regulatory issues relating to GM crops
9. IP landscape of GM crops
10. GM crops and open innovation
11. Conclusion
Chapter 2: GMO Policies and Practices: A Global Overview with Special Focus on Turkey
Abstract
1. Genetically modified crops: origin, growth, and adoption around the world
2. Regulatory environment
3. GM policy discussions, labeling debates, and consumers perceptions
4. Genetically modified crops in Turkey: historical development, regulatory, and policy environment
5. Concluding remarks
Chapter 3: Status and Policies of GM Crops in Russia
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Public and scholarly opinion
3. Major case studies for genetically modified plants
4. Policies framework of genetically modified organisms in Russia
5. Regulation of genetically modified food crops/food products
6. Regulations of research, production marketing, and biosafety issues
7. Hierarchy of GM products management policy
8. Future perspectives
9. Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Chapter 4: Genetically Modified Crops in India: Politics, Policies, and Political Economy
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Historical background of GM crops in India
3. The narrative of biotechnology in India: social and political construction
4. Agribiotech and intellectual property rights: consequences for marginal farmers
5. Biosafety regulations in India: policies and political economy
6. Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India Bill 2013 (BRAI)
7. Conclusion
Chapter 5: Genetically Modified Crops and Intellectual Property Rights: Indian Scenario
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Patent rights and their scope
3. Trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPS) agreement
4. GM crops, IP, and rural development
5. Legal analysis of the Indian plant patent regime
6. Plants and intellectual property protection
7. Patent protection to GM crops: position in India
8. Patentability of gene in India
9. Infringement under PPV&FR Act
10. Patents related to GM crops
11. Conclusion
Section 2: Genetically modified crops and global food security
Chapter 6: Contribution of Genetically Modified Crops in Agricultural Production: Success Stories
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. GM cotton
3. GM soybean
4. GM maize
5. GM canola
6. GM rice
7. GM potatoes
8. GM papaya
9. GM eggplant
10. Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Chapter 7: Genetically Modified Crops changing the Food Insecurity Landscape of the Undernourished Regions of the World
Abstract
1. World food insecurity: current scenario and strategies
2. Food insecurity landscape in the Asia and Africa
3. Green revolution: feeding the hungry and undernourished
4. Genetically engineered crops: a post green revolution
5. Evaluating gene flow and its impact
6. Rise of superweeds
7. The clean gene technology: development of cleaner GE crops
8. Steps toward sustainable agriculture
9. GM crops and the sustainable world
Acknowledgments
Chapter 8: Impact of GM Crops on Agriculture Production: A Positive Reflection through Success Stories
Abstract
1. Introduction of GM crops in agriculture
2. GM crops commercialization in different countries
3. GMCs resistant to pests
4. Herbicide resistant GM crops
5. Crops engineered for nutritional amendments
6. GMCs with enhanced biofuel production
7. Status of GM crops in India
8. Conclusions
Chapter 9: GM Crops as a Food Security Solution
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Bottleneck of conventional methods and modern breeding technique
3. Distribution of GM crops by countries
4. Global acceptance of soybean, maize, cotton, and canola developed through GE technique
5. GM crops and food safety
6. India-global production status of GM crops
7. Prominence of accepted crops obtained through GM technology used for food, feed, and cultivation
8. Economic benefits of GM crops
9. Contribution of Bt food crops for security and sustainability
10. Summary and conclusion
Section 3: Genetically modified crops and sustainability in agriculture
Chapter 10: Genetically Modified Crops and Climate Change Adaptation
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Climate change: An immeasurable dynamism
3. An interface of crops and climate change: A loop of feedbacks
4. Genetically modified (GM) crop: An integration of green revolution or another level
5. Challenges behind developing GM crops against climate change: A multifaceted problem
6. Conclusions
Acknowledgment
Chapter 11: Sustainable Cultivation of GM Crops in the Age of Climate Change: A Global Perspective
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Need of GMCs over conventional agricultural crops
3. Controversies and problems associated with GMCs
4. GMCs and climate change
5. Is genomics a solution for making climate-ready crops?
6. Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Chapter 12: Aspects of Genetically Modified Plants in Removing Heavy Metals From the Soil
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Approaches for the restoration of contaminated soil
3. GM plants used for the removal of HMs from soil
4. Concerns in the use of GM organisms for remediation
5. Conclusion and future perspectives
Acknowledgment
Section 4: Genetically modified food: socio-ethical issues and regulatory challenges
Chapter 13: Public Acceptance of GM Foods: A Global Perspective (1999–2019)
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Global overview on the acceptance level of GM foods
3. Conclusions
Chapter 14: Evolution of Genetically Modified (GM) Crops and The Scared World
Abstract
Abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. A brief history of GM crops
3. Why do we need GM crops?
4. Public perception regarding GM crops: Myths versus evidences
5. Global impact of GM crops
6. Current status of GM crops
7. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Chapter 15: Assessment of the Environmental and Health Impacts of Genetically Modified Crops
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Impact of GM crops on the environment
3. Impact of GM crops on human health
4. Policy issues in adoption of GM crops
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Chapter 16: Food Safety Issues and Challenges of GM Crops
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. What are GM crops and their advantages?
3. Why GM crops have become so controversial?
4. GM crops and the environment
5. GM crops and biodiversity
6. GM crops and their impact on health
7. Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Chapter 17: Health Risks and Environmental Concerns of GM Crop Adoption
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Environmental implications of GM crops
3. Health implications of GM crops
4. Global political, socioeconomic, and ethical concern in GM plant adaptation
5. Conclusion
Chapter 18: Regulatory Framework for GMOs-Interplay Between Regulatory Policies and Socio-Ethical Concern
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Social concern
3. Ethical concern
4. Biosafety evaluation and regulatory mechanism
5. Conclusion
Chapter 19: Socio-Ethical Aspect of Genetically Modified Organisms: A Critical Analysis
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Biotechnology—scientific and ethical issues
3. GM crops—beyond guidelines
4. Concluding remarks
Section 5: Technical advancements in plant genetic engineering and crop improvement
Chapter 20: Research Trends in Genetically Modified (GM) Plants
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Breakthrough and progress made in plant transformation and genome editing
3. Empowering plant genome engineering through synthetic biology
4. Tools for synthetic biology in plants
5. Genome editing with site-specific nucleases
6. CRISPR/CAS system as a three-dimensional tool for targeting gene at omics level
7. Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Chapter 21: Nano-Biotechnological Approach of Plant Genetic Engineering
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Traditional practices of plant genetic engineering and its limitation
3. Genetic engineering progression toward nanotechnology
4. Applicability of nanomaterials as nano-carriers: role in plant genetic engineering
5. Nanoparticle mediated delivery of important biomolecules in plant system
6. Process and methods of biomolecules delivery in plants using nanotechnology
7. Role of nanoparticle mediated biomolecules delivery in plant genome editing
8. Role of nanotechnology-assisted gene delivery toward sustainable agriculture
9. Relevance of nanotechnology on plant genetic engineering
10. Concluding remarks
11. Challenges in nano-biotechnological approach of plant genetic engineering and future perspectives
Acknowledgments
Chapter 22: Advances in Genetically Modified Plants by Employing Modern Biotechnological Tools: An Update
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Advancements in genome editing tools
3. Genome editing tools
4. Conclusion and future perspectives
Chapter 23: Transformation Techniques and Their Role in Crop Improvements: A Global Scenario of GM Crops
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Transformation methods for plant
3. The application of GM plants to study the expression and function of a specific gene
4. Productions of a genetically modified organism with important traits and application in agriculture
5. Future prospects
6. Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Index

Pardeep Singh

Dr. Pardeep Singh is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Environmental Science, PGDAV College, University of Delhi, in New Delhi, India. He obtained his PhD at the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi. Dr. Singh has published more than 65 papers in international journals in the fields of waste management, environmental pollution, and agricultural nanotechnology, and has co-edited 30 books.

Affiliations and expertise

Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Studies, PGDAV College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

Anwesha Borthakur

Dr. Anwesha Borthakur is a research fellow at the Centre for Studies in Science Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has an M.Phil and PhD in Science Policy Studies. The area of her both M.Phil and PhD studies was waste management and policy implications in India. She has published more than 30 papers/chapters in international peer-reviewed journals and books. Presently working as a Post Doctoral Fellow.

Affiliations and expertise

Leuven International and European Studies (LINES), KU Leuven, Belgium

Aditya Abha Singh

Dr. Aditya Abha Singh is currently working as a national post-doctoral fellow for two years in Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi south campus, one of the leading University of India. She has obtained her master’s degree and pursued her doctoral research from Banaras Hindu University, India. Her doctoral research focused on crop plant responses to an atmospheric pollutant and an abiotic stressor tropospheric ozone. She has also worked on interactive effects of ozone with other components of climate change such as raising levels of carbon dioxide and alleviation effects of ozone by the use of antiozonants on model crops. She has published various articles in journal of international repute.

Affiliations and expertise

University Department of Botany, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University, Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India

Ajay Kumar

Dr. Ajay Kumar is currently working as an assistant professor at Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, India. Dr. Kumar completed his tenure (2018-2022) as a visiting scientist from Agriculture Research Organization, Volcani Center, Israel and doctoral research from Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India on the theme "Plant microbe interaction". In his research tenures, Dr. Kumar has published more than 235 scientific contributions in the form of research and review articles, books or book chapters with the leading International Journals or Publishers. He has wide area of research experience, especially in the field of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Microbial biocontrol, Postharvest management of fruits, Microbial endophytes related with the medicinal plants and cyanobacteria-pesticides interactions. Dr. Kumar actively engaged in editing book with the leading publisher like Elsevier, Springer, CRC Press, Willey and edited more than 48 books and currently serving as an Associate editor in Frontier in Microbiology, BMC Microbiology and special guest editor in Microorganisms or Plants MDPI, Journal.

Affiliations and expertise

Professor, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, India

Kshitij K. Singh

Dr. Kshitij Kumar Singh is an Assistant Professor at Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi. Prior to this, he worked as an Assistant Professor in Amity Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Amity University UP (NOIDA Campus). Dr. Singh obtained his LL.M. and Ph.D. degrees from Banaras Hindu University and received Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship Asia-Pacific 2010. He has been a Visiting Research Fellow to Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario, Canada in 2009 and 2010. He specializes in intellectual property law and biotechnology law.

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Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

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