Biotechnology, agriculture and food

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Provides an extensive review of the many scientific and technological options which agrofood biotechnology offers to producers and consumers. The three major issues analyzed in the report are the industrial constraints on the development of new technologies, the often hesitant reaction of public opinion, and the likely long-term economic consequences of agrofood biotechnologies. The report also explains how scientific and technological progress in biotechnology is likely to affect the agro-food system and the environment.