A Technology for the 'Base of the Pyramid'

A reader on Plant Biotechnology can see most of the publications rotatingand repeating the issues around Food Safety Regulatory and Public Policyand the role of capital in their support and development. The originalityof this work stems from the view that looks Plant Biotechnology in anoptimistic manner and through the spectrum of an old social theory wherescience and public interest coexist in a harmonious way. It is informativeon the social role of Agricultural Technology to feed the world but alsoprovides to scientists and managers in the industry an applied way tosolve ethical dilemmas with the introduction of a new technology.