Environmental Risk Assessment of Genetically Modified Organisms: A Case Study of Bt Maize in Kenya, Vol. 1
International forums have identified the need for comprehensive, transparent, scientific methods, for the pre-release testing and post-release monitoring of transgenic plants to ensure environmental safety. There is also wide recognition that the regulatory and scientific capacity for conducting these types of assessments needs to be strengthened.\ In response to these requirements, a GMO Guidelines Project was established - under the aegis of the International Organization for Biological...
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The case study is a product of the international GMO Guidelines Project, which addresses the environmental and agricultural impacts of transgenic organisms but does not evaluate human health effects or ethical implications. The volume is not a full risk assessment of Bt maize in Kenya, but rather reports on the agricultural and sociocultural context of maize production in that nation and sets out a methodology for conducting an environmental risk assessment of Bt maize there. It includes the participating public-sector scientists' recommendations for completing a risk assessment and for improving the scientific basis for risk assessment. Distributed in the US by Oxford U. Press. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
• Bt Maize, Risk Assessment and the Kenya Case Study• The Maize Agricultural Context in Kenya• Problem Formulation and Options Assessment (PFOA) for Genetically Modified Organisms: The Kenya Case Study• Transgene Locus Structure and Expression of Bt Maize• Biodiversity and Non-Target Impacts: a Case Study of Bt Maize in Kenya• Gene Flow and its Consequences: a Case Study of Bt Maize in Kenya• Resistance Risks and Management Associated with Bt Maize in Kenya• Risk Assessment of Bt Maize in Kenya: Synthesis and Recommendations
