Biological Warfare Against Crops; Author: Whitby, Simon M.; Hardback; Book

Author: Whitby, Simon M.
Global Issues; Hardback; Book; Tables, Graphs, Glossary, Notes, Bibliography, Ind
288 pages
Published: November 2001
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 0333920856
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Until now little attention has been paid to the development of military capabilities designed to target food crops with biological warfare agents. This book represents the first substantivestudy of state-run activities in this field. It shows that all biological warfare programs have included a component concerned with the development of anti-crop agents and munitions. Current concern over the proliferation of biological weapons is placed in the context of the initiative to strengthen the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention. The author concludes that the risks posed by this form of warfare can be minimized by the implementation of regimes concerning the peaceful use and control of plant pathogens that pose a risk to human health and the environment.A study of state-run activities in the development of military capabilities designed to target food crops with biological warfare agents, that shows that all biological warfare programmes have included a component concerned with the development of anti-crop biological warfare agents and munitions.