Unless the grain of wheat shall die: The moral and theological case against Terminator - April 2008

Agricultural biodiversity and the livelihoods of small-scale farmers throughout the world are being threatened by the development of Terminator seeds – seeds that are genetically modified to become sterile after the first planting. In this Comment, Sean McDonagh and Donal Dorr present a persuasive argument that Terminator technology is fundamentally wrong on moral and theological grounds.

Agribusiness companies have been pressing ahead with this technology despite a UN ban on the field testing or commercialisation of Terminator seeds. The authors argue that the threat from this technology, particularly to poor and marginalised small-scale farmers and to the world’s environment, is too great for Terminator to be allowed to go ahead.

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ISBN 978-1-85287-327-1
24pp A5