| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 140 pages.) |
| Series |
Food and society: New directions |
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Food and society.
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| Contents |
Front Matter -- Contents -- Series Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Technological Convergence and Change in Modern Agro-Food Systems -- Precision Agriculture: Big Data Analytics, Farm Support Platforms, and Concentration in the AgTech Space -- Precision Agriculture: Adoption, 'Re-Scripting', Farmer Identity, Path Dependence, and 'Appropriationism 4.0' -- Alternative Proteins: Bio-Mimicry, Structuring the New Protein Industry, 'Promissory Narratives', and 'Substitutionism 4.0' -- Agri-Biotechnology and the Failed Promises of the Seed-Chemical Complex, CRISPR and Gene Editing, and Regulatory Capture -- Between Physical Space and Digital Space: COVID-19, Platform Capitalism, and Changing Patterns of Food Provisioning -- Conclusion: Continuities in Change and Lost Opportunities -- Postscript -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
A wave of innovation driven by the convergence of digital and molecular technologies is transforming food production and ways of eating in the US, Western Europe and Australasia. This book explores a range of contemporary agri-food issues, such as the digitalisation of farm production, aka Precision Agriculture, farmer independence, gene editing, alternative proteins and the rise of app-based home food deliveries.This is the first book to provide a systemic analysis of technological innovation and its socio-economic consequences in modern food systems, including the 'hollowing out' of rural communities and pronounced industrial concentration. The food system is under growing public pressure to respond to global climate change, but this book finds little evidence of transition to sustainable low-carbon trajectories |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Food supply.
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Food supply -- Technological innovations
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Agricultural innovations.
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Food -- Biotechnology.
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Agricultural innovations
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Food -- Biotechnology
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Food supply
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781529231489 |
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1529231485 |
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