title: Debates on Genetically Modified Crops in the Context of Sustainable Development.
abstract: The paper discusses conflicts in perceptions of GM crops illustrating the complexities of GM debates and applications of the concept of sustainable development. The concept consists of three discourses that both opponents and supporters of GM crops refer to in their analyses: environmentalism, social and economic development and the two sub-issues of sustainable development-biodiversity loss and food security. This creates a unique situation when both proponents and opponents of GM food use the same framework of sustainable development to support their arguments and do not reach a common ground. This will be illustrated by a review of the arguments brought by these two groups.
authors.affiliation: Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB39DT, UK. Klg37@cam.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Ksenia
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gerasimova
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D044822:Biodiversity; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D018556:Crops, Agricultural; D034462:Dissent and Disputes; D057217:Economic Development; D005523:Food Supply; D030841:Food, Genetically Modified; D006801:Humans; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified; D012306:Risk
keywords: GM crops; NGOs; Sustainable development