A case for a duty to feed the hungry: GM plants and the third world

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-82

  Carter, Lucy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Duty of rescue; Genetically modified food; Green revolution; Malnutrition; Precautionary principle

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHICS; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MORALITY;

AGRICULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; MORAL OBLIGATIONS;

EID: 34548727967     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 16605454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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