Learning on ScreenGuess What’s Coming to Dinner?
- Synopsis
- Looks at attempts to create food products through biotechnology. Genetic engineers claim that food shortages in the developing countries could be overcome by transferring genes from plants which can survive drought into crops which can be grown in drought-stricken countries. However, far from fulfilling this promise, biotechnology is going to take exports away from the developing countries by transferring genes from Third World plants to Northern crops. An example is Calgene’s work in fitting oilseed rape with genes from tropical oils. Professor John Lawton of Imperial College London, warns of the dangers of releasing some genetically engineered organisms.
- Series
- Horizon, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.
- Year of production
- 1990
- Availability
- Sale; 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)
- Notes
- Broadcast on BBC2 on 12/2/90.
- Subjects
- Biology
- Keywords
- biotechnology; crops; developing countries; genetically modified foods; plants
Credits
- Producer
- Tessa Livingstone
- Writer
- Tessa Livingstone
- Contributor
- Robin Brightwell
Production Company
- Name
BBC Television
Distributor
- Name
BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
- Contact
- Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
- BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
- Web
- https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +44 (0) 20 8433 1009
- Address
- BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK - Notes
- The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’
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