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Whither agbiotechnology?

Nature Biotechnology volume 24, pages 274–276 (2006)Cite this article

What will the agbiotech landscape look like in 2016? And what form will the 'doubly green' revolution take?

“Any society goes through social movements or fads, in which economically useless things become valued or useful things devalued temporarily.” Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs and Steel, W.W. Norton, 1998, p. 257

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  1. L. Val Giddings is an independent consultant with 22 years experience in agricultural biotechnology. For the eight years ending in December, 2005 he was Vice President for Food and Agriculture of the Biotechnology Industry Organization based in Washington DC. lvgiddings@yahoo.com

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