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An overview of genetically modified crop governance, issues and challenges in Malaysia

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, October 2017
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Title
An overview of genetically modified crop governance, issues and challenges in Malaysia
Published in
Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, October 2017
DOI 10.1002/jsfa.8666
Pubmed ID
Authors

Johnny Andrew, Normaz Wana Ismail, Marcel Djama

Abstract

The application of agricultural biotechnology attracts the interest of many stakeholders. Genetically modified (GM) crops, for example, are rapidly increase in production for the last 20 years. Despite its known benefits, GM crops also pose many concerns not only to human and animal health but also the environment. Malaysia, in general, allows the use of GM technology applications but it has to come with precautionary and safety measures consistent with the international obligations and domestic legal frameworks. This paper provides an overview of GM crop technology from international and national context and explores the governance and issues surrounding this technology application in Malaysia. Basically, GM research activities in Malaysia are still at early stage of research and development and most of the GM crops approved for release are limited for food, feed and processing purposes. Even though Malaysia has not planted any GM crop commercially, actions toward such direction seem promising. Several issues concerning GM crops as discussed in this paper will become more complex as the number of GM crops and varieties commercialized globally increase and Malaysia starts to plant GM crop.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 86 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 23 27%
Student > Master 12 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 9%
Student > Postgraduate 6 7%
Researcher 5 6%
Other 7 8%
Unknown 25 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 19 22%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 7 8%
Nursing and Health Professions 5 6%
Social Sciences 5 6%
Medicine and Dentistry 4 5%
Other 17 20%
Unknown 29 34%

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 December 2017.
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#14,954,297
of 23,001,641 outputs
Outputs from Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
#2,508
of 4,274 outputs
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#190,656
of 322,931 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
#32
of 95 outputs
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