Description: ""Food's Frontier" sets a new intellectual standard for placing genomics, biotechnology, and food security into the lives of ordinary people. Richard Manning takes the reader on a worldwide tour of agriculture, displaying both its science-rich and resource-poor systems. His volume combines complex scientific principles with a remarkably accessible style. Above all, Manning demonstrates the shortage of human capital in poor countries and the need for much greater support for Third World scientists."--Paul Ehrlich, author of "Human Natures"
Review Quotes: "Manning hopscotches through Africa, Asia, and South America to provide detailed reports on nine agricultural research projects. The resulting travel-ogue is thoughtful, provocative, and bursting with complexities and contradictions."--Karen Cook, "Voice Literary Supplement