It takes the average reader 2 hours and 53 minutes to read Food for Africa by Jennifer Thomson
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Tracing through anecdote and science the development of a hotly contended area of research, this account expounds the dawn of genetic engineering in the United States in 1974, through the early stages of its uptake in South Africa, to the current situation, in which approximately 80 percent of maize in South Africa is genetically modified for drought resistance. The guide through this history is Jennifer Thomson, whose own story of how she came to choose genetic modification (GM) as a career and her path-breaking involvement in the development of GM research. She describes the spread of this...
Food for Africa by Jennifer Thomson is 172 pages long, and a total of 43,344 words.
This makes it 58% the length of the average book. It also has 53% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 56 minutes to read Food for Africa aloud.
Food for Africa is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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